Merry Christmas 2024 and happy New Year 2025!
Friends, it’s been some time since the last time I wrote on this blog and oh that the new year has begun, let me start the blog with this call to worship: Come, let us adore Him!
Do you know that in church tradition, Christmas lasts for 12 days from December 25 to January 5? Today, January 6, marks the Epiphany, the day celebrated as the Messiah’s revelation to the Gentiles. Since we (me and you the non-Jewish people) are the Gentiles, shouldn’t we commemorate this day?
The Magi
The Bible notes the Gentiles who visited Jesus after his birth were the Magi. The exact number of the wise men is nt mentioned in the Bible, but we know they brought three types of gifts to be offered to the child Jesus. The Magi came from a distant land in the East (likely Persia), more than 1400 km away from Jerusalem. There were no planes nor trains at that time and the fastest means of transportation were camels or horses. Did they ride them at speed? We don’t know, but it surely took them some time, probably months.
It was a long and perilous journey from Persia to Jerusalem. The most likely road was the trading paths that connected the East and Mediterranean world, winding through deserts and mountains with risks of getting caught by bandits or highway robbers. But they went anyway to worship, bringing their valued goods as offerings to the newborn King. How long of a journey are we willing to take to bring our offerings to Him?
Us the Gentiles
The Magi from a far country came to worship the King, not with empty hands but with the paragon of their offerings to Him. The prophecy of the Messiah was known not only to the Israelites (Deu 18:15) but also to all descendants of Adam (Gen 3:15). Although some people rejected Him, we have been given the grace to come and know Him (Rom 11:11). Will we accept this news and come humbly to worship the King?
Like the Magi, we have seen the sign, have heard the news. We who are from a distant land, how shall we respond to this calling? Apostle Paul wrote to the Gentiles in Rome how the mercies of God have been revealed to them, and for this reason to offer their lives as a holy and acceptable offerings to Him. This is also news and a call for us Gentiles to come and adore Him, the King. Shall we respond to it?
Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship.
Romans 12:1 NIV
Thank you for reading this article, I hope you feel blessed as I do! I would be glad to hear your story about God and all His goodness. Let’s connect and walk on this journey together!
Tiny Little Things 
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