Adoration of the Magi, Jan Richardson When they saw the star, they were filled with great joy ... and offered him gifts, gold, frankincense and myrrh. Matthew 2.10-11
The first thing we must notice when the Magi came to find Christ, the newborn King, is that they have not Jésrusalem found. For details on the place of his birth, they had to ask the prophet Micah. And only after they received the word you see how important it is to listen to the Word of God, they resumed their journey toward Bethlehem this time.
Imagine their surprise when they saw that they were just outside the city walls, the star would begin to shine before them only to stop before the stable where the baby slept in the loving gaze of her parents. To say they were surprised. They were also consoled, comforted, encouraged. Think what would have been their disappointment when, after a long journey, they had found nothing and nobody. Fortunately they were able to see what was not visible because the barn was far from a sumptuous palace. Everything here was brief, almost miserable one the baby had slept in a cattle trough. What can it be that this is the palace of a king?
But these holy men knew what they were deceived. Beyond the poverty and simplicity of the place of what had happened, they saw the baby they saw was not a child like any other and, having opened their luggage, they gave him everything is known.
The second thing you should remember this history is that we can give to Christ what we want most. And this is still well below that Merit King of his greatness. And maybe we need, like the Magi, we show more generous than his reign among men is low and poverty that sometimes derisively called. And if we want to know where and to whom unpack what we call our treasures, to share, yet let Christ give us the answer: "Whenever you have done it unto one of these least of my it unto me that ye have done. "
Martin Luther
Sermon for the Feast of the Epiphany, 1544
translation and adaptation: Jean-François Maillard
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