Saturday, January 6, 2018
Epiphany Day
Matthew 2:2 For we have seen His star in the East and have come to worship Him.
FOLLOW THAT STAR
Over the centuries that have passed since the Wise Men made that epic journey to seek out and worship the Savior of all the world, there has been much speculation about that star. Was it an alignment of planets? Probably not. How would that lead them to the home where Jesus was? Was it a special star prepared by God for this purpose? In one way or another it was prepared by God, and it was used by Him to lead these first pilgrims from the Gentile nations to the infant Savior’s presence that they might worship Him.
Can we follow that star? That wondrous star served its purpose. It focused the attention of the Gentile nations upon another even more glorious and far more spectacular Star. Jesus tells us plainly in Revelation: "I am . . . the Bright and Morning Star" (22:16). That is the Star which the Wise Men sought out. We have been brought to the brightness of this Star by the calling of the Holy Spirit. Even as God guided and directed the travels of the Wise Men through their earthly pilgrimage that they might bow the knee before the Christchild, so also God has directed our lives that He might lead us to know the glory of our Savior’s birth. We have seen the glory of the true Star of Bethlehem, the glory of salvation for all the peoples of the earth. "The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwelt in the land of the shadow of death, upon them a light has shined" (Isaiah 9:2).
May we "Follow That Star" all our days until we reach the eternal glory which He shall reveal to us in heaven.
-- From the "Lutheran Spokesman"
