Topic: WHO DO YOU SEEK?
"And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified."- Matthew 28:5
Bible Reading: Matthew 2:1-11
Message:
What you focus on will seriously affect your ability to achieve your destiny, realise your goals and glorify God.
Many children of God were focused on Jesus Christ before they became exposed to luxurious cars, mansions and exotic lifestyles, but after the Lord prospered them, they began to ask the Lord questions as to why they should live their. lives in accordance with His principles, which got them to where they are in the first place.
While prosperity is good, it is only beneficial for as long as it is balanced with a lifestyle of godliness. Prosperity that does not have Christ at its centre is vain and only a passing shadow. A beautiful mansion without Jesus is Hell, while a hut with Jesus in it is heaven on earth.
In today’s Bible reading, we are told that some wise men came to seek Jesus.
According to Bible scholars, these men must have travelled for at least two years before they got to their destination.
They did not arrive immediately Jesus was born, as it is popularly depicted. From Herod’s enquiries on what time they first saw the guiding star, he could calculate that Jesus could be up to two years old when the wise men arrived.
This was why in an attempt to kill the child, he decreed that children who were two years old and younger be killed (Matthew 2:16).
When the wise men eventually arrived at the place where Jesus was, they worshipped Him and gave Him gifts. Worship is incomplete without an offering.
Proverbs 13:20 says,
“He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.”
If you want to be wise like these men, you will back your worship up with a good offering.
Come before His presence with joy and singing; bring Him gifts and worship Him, and you will be glad you did. Why? Everyone who ever saw Jesus and worshipped Him benefitted from it.
The wise men did not travel for two years in vain. After they saw the young Jesus and offered Him gifts, their deed was immortalised. For over 2000 years, their story is still being told around the world wherever the gospel of Jesus Christ is preached.
Who or what would you really love to see? I want to see Jesus. After working with God for several years, Moses still asked
God to show him His glory (Exodus 33:17-23). I often wondered why, before l got the revelation.
Job equally had the rare privilege of seeing God (Job 42:1-6). If you search for Him and truly desire Him this Christmas season, you will surely find Him.
Are you focused on the reason for the season or lost in the vanity that the world seeks?
Key Point:
The wise men diligently sought for Jesus and they found Him. If you also seek diligently, you would be surely rewarded.
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