Advent: Day 11:
“Pointing the way to JESUS”
Scripture: “Where is He who has been born King of the
Jews? For we saw His star in the east
and have come to worship Him” (Matthew
2:2).
I love the fact that this passage, in quiet simplicity, reminds us
that GOD, the Creator of the heavens and the universe, is orchestrating His
redemptive purpose even in controlling the stars.
In so doing, GOD is guiding “foreigners” to JESUS in order to
worship Him. The LORD uses all of
creation and all of His creatures, like you and me, to bring the peoples of the
world to come to JESUS for the purpose of worshipping Him. This is the ultimate purpose of all the
earth.
This is GOD’s purpose for every person in your life . . . your
immediate family, your extended family, your friends and acquaintances, your
neighbors, your co-workers, and your fellow students. This is GOD’s purpose for every person with
whom you come in contact with through your everyday rhythms of life . . . the
person who checks you out at the grocery store, the person who serves you at
your favorite restaurant, the person driving the other car in a fender bender
accident, and the person sitting in the doctor’s waiting room next to you.
Christmas is a wonderful opportunity for those of us who are
authentic followers of JESUS to live out and to proclaim that in His birth Hope
and Peace were born . . . in His birth the answer to all the ultimate questions
has been declared.
Just as GOD used a star to point the way for Magi to come to JESUS
for the purpose of worshipping Him, GOD wants to use you and me, in the midst
of our being overcome by His glory, to point the way for others to come to
JESUS for that very same purpose; to worship the King of Kings and the Lord of
Lords. Don’t miss this grand opportunity
to share the love of your life (JESUS) with a lost and broken world.
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Richard
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