Matthew 2 cont’d:
Then Herod called the Magi
secretly and found out from them the exact time the star had appeared. He sent them to Bethlehem and
said, “Go and search carefully for the child. As soon as you find him, report
to me, so that I too may go and worship him.”
The king had missed it. He had been so busy being king he hadn’t
noticed or heeded the star, but now that he heard about it, he was
disturbed. He was then threatened. And he then responded out of his fear.
He called the guys back in, the
ones that had seen the star, and he told them to go, to find him, and then to
come back and tell him so that he too could worship.
What a bunch of crock!
He didn’t want to worship at
all. He wanted to destroy the child.
How do we know this? He did all of this in secret, because he had
a hidden agenda.
Already, Christ has barely made
his appearance, and people are reacting in fear, because they don’t know or
believe or receive who Jesus is – their Savior.
Joseph and Mary, and these Magi,
were expecting and awaiting their Savior.
But Herod was dreading and hoping the promises weren’t true, because he
was afraid his throne would be overturned.
Jesus brings that sort of
reaction to us all. We either see him as
a threat to ruin our lives because he will “make” us do something we don’t want
to do, or we see him as the loving Messiah who will seek us, come to live in
us, and change us into his image, so that we can experience His presence and
truly live.
Which response do you normally
have? I’ve had both.
But this Christmas I want to see
the light and kneel to worship the Light of the World.
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