Matthew 2, Luke 2:21-38. After traveling many miles and months to worship the new-born king of the Jews, the Magi arrived in Jerusalem. Makes sense. Where else would you expect to find a king but in His capitol city? And what else would you expect at the birth of the new king but excitement and celebration?

But of course, these wise men from the east quickly discovered that nothing they expected was what they found. Nothing. The new-born king of the Jews – the Messiah – was not in the capitol city of the Jews. He was not wrapped in silk and satin, nursed and cared for by the best of the best. He was not celebrated, and the news they brought of His birth was not met with enthusiastic excitement. The birth of the Christ brought mayhem and trouble.

So it is today. When Christ is birthed in our hearts, not everyone is as excited as we are. And quite frankly, He may not be exactly what we expect, and we may find Him in ways and places we do not expect. Nonetheless, wise men (and women, and boys and girls) still seek Him and worship His majesty.

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