THE WISDOM OF THE JOURNEY
This previous Sunday we held our Christmas musical, He’s Worthy. We worshiped Jesus as a result of he’s worthy of surprise, celebration, awe, adoration, and in the end, every part.
On Christmas Eve we can have two particular worship providers. First shall be our Household Christmas Eve Service at 4:00PM, the place we’ll hear testimonies of how households with youngsters worship this time of yr, sing carols, and listen to about Jesus born for us in order that we could also be born in him. This shall be adopted by our Candlelight Christmas Eve Service at 6:00PM, the place we’ll sing carols, gentle candles, and likewise contemplate Jesus and what his delivery means for us. Each providers will assist us rejoice the delivery of our Savior. After all, we proceed to worship this Sunday morning, contemplating how Jesus is worthy of every part.
Why ought to worship be such a giant a part of Christmas? Christmas is about Jesus Christ and the salvation he brings. The one appropriate response to Jesus is worship.
THE WISE SEARCH
Probably the most acquainted Christmas tales helps us to know this. The clever males, the magi, who come from the east, need to worship Jesus. These males had studied the Previous Testomony, they usually had been conscious that God was going to ship the “King of the Jews,” the Messiah. On the similar time, they had been learning the celebrities and noticed one thing there that satisfied them the King of the Jews had been born.
It’s not possible to know precisely what the clever males noticed or how they knew the star was pointing to Jesus. What we do know is that God graciously labored by their research to cause them to Jesus. The star within the sky led them to the star come forth from Jacob, the scepter risen from Israel (Num 24:17). So that they left their properties in Babylon or Persia and commenced the lengthy journey to see Jesus. We don’t know precisely what number of miles it was, however from Baghdad to Bethlehem is 547 miles of extraordinarily inhospitable desert terrain. Even when it wasn’t that far and was solely 200 miles, why would anybody try this? Why would you place your life on maintain, and stroll or experience a camel for months, understanding with every passing mile that the return journey can be simply as lengthy? Why would you permit your spouse and youngsters, your family and friends, your property, for most definitely a yr and even two?
THE WISE JOURNEY
For the clever males, that form of journey was value it. They knew they wanted to search out Jesus. It’s only in coming to Jesus to worship him, falling earlier than him, giving him our every part, that we discover every part we’ve been searching for, that we discover life. For this reason we name them clever males at present. Smart males, girls, and youngsters come from wherever they’re, it doesn’t matter what the journey may seem like, to worship the King of Kings.
This Christmas, in gentle of God’s indescribable reward, could every one in all us provide ourselves in worship, as a “dwelling and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your non secular service of worship” (Rom 12:2).
