St Matthew 2:11, “And when they were come into the
house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and
worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto
him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.” The
wise men did not stop until they had come all the way to the house where Jesus
was. They didn’t come part of the way
but rather they came all the way to find Jesus.
When they were in the presence of Jesus they were able to worship Him.
If we
are going to truly worship Jesus, we must get past the earthly palace of Herod,
past the dusty road of problems that we encounter on our journey to worship,
and past all the distractions that would keep us from coming into His
presence. We must take the journey from
the natural to the supernatural if we intend to come into his presence. We can only truly worship Christ when we are
in His presence.
The
magi believed in the authenticity of the Christ so much that they “fell down”
before Him. Notice that it was after
they fell down before Him (I believe that they prostrated themselves before
Christ) that they presented gifts to Him.
I believe that this signifies that we must give Christ our hearts and
worship before we are able to give gifts to Him. The grateful magi gave Him the emblematic
gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh.
Adam Clarke stated that they “offered Him the things which were in most
esteem among themselves…”
If we
are going to truly worship Christ at this Christmas season, we should present
to him the things we esteem the most. We
value our time, our money, and our lives.
It is easy to offer prayers and say words of honor, bit it is a
different thing to dedicate our time, money and our ambitions and talents to
Him! The greatest gift that we can give
to Christ is a willing heart. If we are
going to bring this gift to Him, we must let Him remove all sin and submit our
heart to Him so that He can purify us through and through.
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