Isaiah 60:1-6 & Matthew 2:1-12
The story of the Magi is as familiar as it is unfamiliar. We often miss the crucial details of the story so that we can fit it into the Nativity scene of which it never sought to belong.
The mysterious and wonderful arrival of these strange travelers speaks of a faith that is coming to light through the presence of Christ. We celebrate this meeting of the Gentile world with their Savior on Epiphany Sunday.
Again and again those that we would expect to celebrate the arrival of God's King instead seek to cripple and kill.
Again and again those we would never expect show up and offer all that is right: honor, praise, and a lack of expectation.
Will we FIND Jesus in our world today?
Will we approach him as a Herod...or a traveler from the edge of the world?
