The Dream

Matthew 2 cont’d:

And having been warned in a dream not to go back to Herod, they returned to their country by another route.

Remember King Herod told the wise men to come back to him, after they found the baby Jesus?  The king had said that he too wanted to go worship him.

However, after having seen and worshiped at the manger, and after experiencing incredible joy when the star led them to the Light, the wise men then dreamed.

When we encounter His holy presence and worship at his feet, even our sleep will be full of dreams and visions of what and how we are to respond to life.

The wise men were warned not to return to the king.  The king had lied.  He did not want to worship Jesus at all.  He saw him as a threat and wanted him dead.

Therefore, the wise men went back home another way.

I love it that God visits us in our sleep and even directs our paths, so that when we awake, we journey to safety and not danger.