After a long day of work at the church (AM service, finearts, set up sound, set up more sound) and now the evening service is sat down in the Sanctuary and listened to the Sen. Associate Pastor Hal and he shared a very interesting word on a piece of text that I've been thinking about and after his second point I started to just read this passage and God began to point out somethings in this text that i think that we often times skip over
Mathew 2:1-11
1After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi[a] from the east came to Jerusalem 2and asked, "Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star in the east[b] and have come to worship him."
1After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi[a] from the east came to Jerusalem 2and asked, "Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star in the east[b] and have come to worship him."
3When King Herod heard this he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him. 4When he had called together all the people's chief priests and teachers of the law, he asked them where the Christ[c] 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 be the shepherd of my people Israel.'[d]"
7Then Herod called the Magi secretly and found out from them the exact time the star had appeared. 8He sent them to Bethlehem and said, "Go and make a careful search for the child. As soon as you find him, report to me, so that I too may go and worship him."
9After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen in the east[e] went ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the child was. 10When they saw the star, they were overjoyed. 11On 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 and of incense and of myrrh.
This is a text that most of us have heard many times and very often it is used during the CHRISTmas season. But as I read this text today there were somethings that stood out to me
The first thing that stood out to me was in verse 3 where King Herod gets angry because there is a new "king of the Jews"
I believe that any Generation that is attacked in there infancy is going to do something increadable in there maturity!
Look at Moses Pharoh tried to kill moses as a child!
David was attacked several times a young boy by lions and tigers and bears!
The Devil will go after students in there infancy because he is afraid of what they will do in there maturity!
I believe that now more than ever God is going after students in there infancy because he is afraid of what they are going to do in maturity!
The Second thing that really caught my attention was what the Magi did when they finally got to Jesus
This scene is not what we typically think of because we think of jesus still being in manger and Bethlehem and being this little 4 week yr. old baby with a piece of white cloth around him
in all reality he is a two year old boy
I wonder what we Jesus like as a "Terrible Two"??
But anyways these "Magi" "Three Kings" "Astrologers" "Scientist" whatever you want to call them where chillin outside one day and saw a star!
Then they decided to GO AND FOLLOW THIS RANDOM STAR THAT THEY BELIEVED TO LEAD TO SOMETHING!!
I don't know about you but that sounds kinda crazy to me!
These dudes just decided that they were going to follow this star and for TWO YEARS they followed this star!!
I wonder what was going through they're heads during those two years?
and after those two years of following this star they finally get to the middle of the desert and they loose track of it!!
so they ask for directions from a king who was no help somehow they find Jesus chillin at his house with his momma and daddy!
and after two years of traveling to see him they do something very profound they GIVE
They come to him and give him some extravagent gifts and worship him!
After two years of searching and believing they came and GAVE two years all just to GIVE!
I ask you will u give like the Magi?
This CHRISTmas season will you give not only your money will you give ur time ur LOVE?
The first thing that stood out to me was in verse 3 where King Herod gets angry because there is a new "king of the Jews"
I believe that any Generation that is attacked in there infancy is going to do something increadable in there maturity!
Look at Moses Pharoh tried to kill moses as a child!
David was attacked several times a young boy by lions and tigers and bears!
The Devil will go after students in there infancy because he is afraid of what they will do in there maturity!
I believe that now more than ever God is going after students in there infancy because he is afraid of what they are going to do in maturity!
The Second thing that really caught my attention was what the Magi did when they finally got to Jesus
This scene is not what we typically think of because we think of jesus still being in manger and Bethlehem and being this little 4 week yr. old baby with a piece of white cloth around him
in all reality he is a two year old boy
I wonder what we Jesus like as a "Terrible Two"??
But anyways these "Magi" "Three Kings" "Astrologers" "Scientist" whatever you want to call them where chillin outside one day and saw a star!
Then they decided to GO AND FOLLOW THIS RANDOM STAR THAT THEY BELIEVED TO LEAD TO SOMETHING!!
I don't know about you but that sounds kinda crazy to me!
These dudes just decided that they were going to follow this star and for TWO YEARS they followed this star!!
I wonder what was going through they're heads during those two years?
and after those two years of following this star they finally get to the middle of the desert and they loose track of it!!
so they ask for directions from a king who was no help somehow they find Jesus chillin at his house with his momma and daddy!
and after two years of traveling to see him they do something very profound they GIVE
They come to him and give him some extravagent gifts and worship him!
After two years of searching and believing they came and GAVE two years all just to GIVE!
I ask you will u give like the Magi?
This CHRISTmas season will you give not only your money will you give ur time ur LOVE?
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