What's With the Wise Guys?
I was going to write a blog about smiles this morning, but just didn't quite feel up to that, so that will have to happen sometime in the future. In the mean time...
Has anyone else ever wondered what's with the three wise guys? I mean in the story of Jesus' birth...they just come out of no where and suddenly there they are. Kings from the east, who got there by following a star, and came to worship a baby with gold, frankincense, and myrrh.
Okay, for starters, this "star"...it had to have been one insane star because it shown both day and night...now I don't know about you, but during the day, the only star I can see is the sun. That means this star had to have been a supernatural phenomenon. That in itself is crazy and cool.
Then there are the wise guys themselves...we don't know if there were actually three. We always just assume there were there because there were three gifts. But regardless, it doesn't really matter how many there were, these dudes just show up in Jerusalem one day from who knows where. They have been on the road for probably years following the star, and they are searching for the king above all kings so they can worship Him. Who does that?
Then there are the gifts. Gold-for royalty. Frankincense-for priesthood. Myrrh-for death. Also these gifts were worth a lot of money. They weren't cheap gifts. They were gifts fit for a king.
There is so much mystery surrounding the wise guys. Some say they perhaps knew Daniel or knew of his prophecy of the coming of the Messiah. But how did they come to decide that they should set off on this journey to find this king.
One thing appears clear to me. God will have glory and worship. The wise guys knew who they were worshiping. They didn't worship Herrod on their way through Jerusalem. When they found the one they were searching for they knew it, and they fell down and worshiped Him.
That is the desire of my heart...to worship God as He truly deserves to be worshiped. He alone is worthy of all worship and glory and praise, and I want my heart to be filled with worship only for Him.
Has anyone else ever wondered what's with the three wise guys? I mean in the story of Jesus' birth...they just come out of no where and suddenly there they are. Kings from the east, who got there by following a star, and came to worship a baby with gold, frankincense, and myrrh.
Okay, for starters, this "star"...it had to have been one insane star because it shown both day and night...now I don't know about you, but during the day, the only star I can see is the sun. That means this star had to have been a supernatural phenomenon. That in itself is crazy and cool.
Then there are the wise guys themselves...we don't know if there were actually three. We always just assume there were there because there were three gifts. But regardless, it doesn't really matter how many there were, these dudes just show up in Jerusalem one day from who knows where. They have been on the road for probably years following the star, and they are searching for the king above all kings so they can worship Him. Who does that?
Then there are the gifts. Gold-for royalty. Frankincense-for priesthood. Myrrh-for death. Also these gifts were worth a lot of money. They weren't cheap gifts. They were gifts fit for a king.
There is so much mystery surrounding the wise guys. Some say they perhaps knew Daniel or knew of his prophecy of the coming of the Messiah. But how did they come to decide that they should set off on this journey to find this king.
One thing appears clear to me. God will have glory and worship. The wise guys knew who they were worshiping. They didn't worship Herrod on their way through Jerusalem. When they found the one they were searching for they knew it, and they fell down and worshiped Him.
That is the desire of my heart...to worship God as He truly deserves to be worshiped. He alone is worthy of all worship and glory and praise, and I want my heart to be filled with worship only for Him.
I think it already is my friend. :-)
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