WISE MEN STILL SEEK HIM

In the scripture passage below we read about a day in around 2000 years ago, when a caravan of exotic people from the east arrived in Jerusalem. They were Magi (or “Wise Men”) from Persia who had noticed in the heavens a sign that the king of the Jews had been born. Both their presence and their announcement stirred up the entire city and unfolded a series of events that led to the deaths of many children and causing Mary, Joseph, and the toddler Jesus to flee to Egypt for safety.

You have heard the phrase, “Wise men still seek Him,” and these early travelers were indeed wise. They were wise because the kept their eyes to the heavens, looking for God. They were wise because they were not content to just find the message of the Messiah, but then traveled to encounter the Messiah. They were wise because they endured hardship and inconvenience to meet the Lord Jesus, it was their priority to find Him. And they were wise because, upon encountering the Christ Child, they fell down and worshiped Him, offering their best and their all to Him. 

(Matthew 2:1-12) 1 After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem 2 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.”

3 When King Herod heard this he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him. 4 When he had called together all the people’s chief priests and teachers of the law, he asked them where the Messiah was to be born. 5 “In Bethlehem in Judea,” they replied, “for this is what the prophet has written: 6 “‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for out of you will come a ruler who will shepherd my people Israel.’”

7 Then Herod called the Magi secretly and found out from them the exact time the star had appeared. 8 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.”

9 After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen when it rose went ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the child was. 10 When they saw the star, they were overjoyed. 11 On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. 12 And having been warned in a dream not to go back to Herod, they returned to their country by another route.

13 When they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up,” he said, “take the child and his mother and escape to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the child to kill him.” 14 So he got up, took the child and his mother during the night and left for Egypt, 15 where he stayed until the death of Herod. And so was fulfilled what the Lord had said through the prophet: “Out of Egypt I called my son.”

16 When Herod realized that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was furious, and he gave orders to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, in accordance with the time he had learned from the Magi. 17 Then what was said through the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled: 18 “A voice is heard in Ramah, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.”

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