Day Three

What were the magi hoping for as they travelled to find the king they had been studying? They had many desert filled days to think about it. They could have asked for riches, or trade with their countries, or at least a place to stay and food for the camels. They had travelled a long way; didn’t they deserve that? Did they know what to expect? What were they hoping for? What was the point in travelling so far and investing so much time to find Jesus?

“After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem and asked, “Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.”
Matthew 2:1-2

They wanted to worship Him.

They hoped for the opportunity to worship Jesus. That’s all.

We have so much more reason to hope than the magi, because we know how the story ends! We know we have an invitation to become a child in God’s family, to learn how to be fathered by a perfect, loving Heavenly Father.

We can begin to move from hoping in something, to hoping in the perfect Someone.

Can we take a step towards Jesus today? We can enter His presence as His child, coming up to our Father to raise our arms to Him and cry “Daddy!”.

Father, create in me a hunger to know You more deeply, to seek Your face more regularly and to respond with a heart of worship more readily.