Share it - Wise men - present
8 Listen!
Your watchmen lift up their voices;
together they shout for joy.
When the Lord returns to Zion,
they will see it with their own eyes.
9 Burst into songs of joy together,
you ruins of Jerusalem,
for the Lord has comforted his people,
he has redeemed Jerusalem.
Matthew 2: 11 And when they had come into the house, they saw the young Child with Mary His mother, and fell down and worshiped Him. And when they had opened their treasures, they presented gifts to Him: gold, frankincense, and myrrh.
Watching the skies the wise men knew something was happening and travelled a long way to find out. They knew something special was going on in Israel. They came a long way to see it and that was some persistence. They came a long way and when they arrived they were prepared. They gave some presents to Jesus. We know what they were GOLD FRANKINCENSE AND MYRRH.
We get prepared for today. There’s often a long time of getting stuff and things ready. Now we also give presents today as part of our celebration so
What presents did you receive? Were they what you wanted? I guess though the more important question is were they what you needed?
What presents did you give? Did you think about it? About what the other person needed? I’VE GOT THIS ONE that I haven’t opened yet… hmmm not the best wrapping I’ve ever seen but you know never judge a book by it’s cover… Ah maybe in this case I was right to judge the book by it’s cover. SOAP Well maybe just, maybe it is what I need though.
God KNEW what we needed. He saw what the world and we had become, a bit of a mess really. We needed cleaning up and the only one who could do that properly and completely was...well HIM. God gave us what we needed. It may not have been wrapped as we expected or wanted but it was exactly what we needed.
Along with sharing the celebration with others, it’s worth sharing that gift that we all need with others. A gift that at first we might think OH! HMMM! But after a time we realise it’s exactly what we all need.