Scripture Reference: “After assembling all the chief priests and experts in the law, he asked them where the Christ was to be born. “In Bethlehem of Judea,” they said, “for it is written this way by the prophet.” Matthew 2:4-5
When the wise men came to Jerusalem, they were in search for “He who was born King!” They were Gentiles; ones without the promises of God and outside of the blessing. They, by the Jews, were considered heathen and unworthy to be accounted as an heir. However they were the only ones who noticed His star, and then took time to seek Him out.
When Herod asks the Priest “Where the child should be born”, they are quick to recite verse and scripture. Yet their search for the Messiah ended there. They did not look for Him. They limited Him only to Scripture. They relegated Him to only one method, and certainly not to the likes of these heathen men.
I wonder if we are not so far removed from these Priests’ thinking. Do we only believe God will move in a certain way? Believe He will only reveal Himself to “the sanctified”? Does our search for Him end with the Scriptures?
This Holiday Season, I challenge you to get outside your box, and see our God for All He is and wants to be in our lives!
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