A Trek towards the Christ Child
Jerry Watts
Matthew 2:1-12
For years we have had many misconceptions about the wise men. Of all the things which are misunderstood, we can list the number of wise men and the timing of their visit as possibly the top two. If we ask the question, ''How many wise men were they?'' Most people would answer (without thinking) ''three.'' Actually, we don't know how many there were but I even find myself referring to the ''three King'' and singing ''We Three Kings of Orient Are''. But in truth, there could have been more or less. The next misunderstanding is the timing of their trip. For those of us in music, we have brought the wise men to the manger in our musical productions until people believe that the wise men came to the manger in Bethlehem, but the language of the scripture indicate that Jesus was a ''young child'' (likely around 18 months to 2 years old). Remember the wise men didn't step into a car or plane and make the journey; this took them a while to arrive. For me, the huge encouragement is that the Star followed Jesus and came to rest OVER the young child.
This is one of my favorite Bible stories because there is so much to learn from this account. Today let's think about taking a ''trek'' towards the Christ child. Most of us are familiar with treks (although we may not use the term trek). A trek is a long and difficult journey. Most of us have taken these kinds of trips. In 1989, we started from Pensacola, Florida with a group of students headed toward North Carolina to ski. We left at 4am one morning expecting an uneventful 10-11 hour drive. We finally arrived at our destination around 2am the next morning. (Long story) But this was a trek.
Based on scriptural prophecies, the wise men set out to find the Messiah and ultimately they completed their journey. Let's consider their journey and actually what accompanies a trek towards the savior.
Begins with Determination - The scriptures pointed to one event, on ...
Jerry Watts
Matthew 2:1-12
For years we have had many misconceptions about the wise men. Of all the things which are misunderstood, we can list the number of wise men and the timing of their visit as possibly the top two. If we ask the question, ''How many wise men were they?'' Most people would answer (without thinking) ''three.'' Actually, we don't know how many there were but I even find myself referring to the ''three King'' and singing ''We Three Kings of Orient Are''. But in truth, there could have been more or less. The next misunderstanding is the timing of their trip. For those of us in music, we have brought the wise men to the manger in our musical productions until people believe that the wise men came to the manger in Bethlehem, but the language of the scripture indicate that Jesus was a ''young child'' (likely around 18 months to 2 years old). Remember the wise men didn't step into a car or plane and make the journey; this took them a while to arrive. For me, the huge encouragement is that the Star followed Jesus and came to rest OVER the young child.
This is one of my favorite Bible stories because there is so much to learn from this account. Today let's think about taking a ''trek'' towards the Christ child. Most of us are familiar with treks (although we may not use the term trek). A trek is a long and difficult journey. Most of us have taken these kinds of trips. In 1989, we started from Pensacola, Florida with a group of students headed toward North Carolina to ski. We left at 4am one morning expecting an uneventful 10-11 hour drive. We finally arrived at our destination around 2am the next morning. (Long story) But this was a trek.
Based on scriptural prophecies, the wise men set out to find the Messiah and ultimately they completed their journey. Let's consider their journey and actually what accompanies a trek towards the savior.
Begins with Determination - The scriptures pointed to one event, on ...
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