The Wise Seek The Savior - Matthew 2:101-12
When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy. 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. And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.
Look at the actions of the wise men when they had found Jesus.
The Bible says first they rejoiced. It says they came into the house where Jesus was. No longer a stable because this was about 2 years after Jesus had been born, they came into a house not a stable and they found a young child now longer an infant. There they rejoiced, they had found the one born a king, the answer to their long search.
Next scripture tells us they worshipped Him. What else could you do before a king? Before one whose coming had been foretold over a thousand years ago. Who had been looked for, hoped for and prayed for by a hundred generations of people. Whose life would be the price paid to bring us back to God. Fall on your knees and worship the King of Salvation.
They also gave him proper gifts. Gifts that were by the providence of God fit for the one who would be King who would give His life to save us. They gave him Gold, which was a present worthy of a king. They also gave him Frankincense, which was the incense burned in the tabernacle and Temple that symbolized the prayer to God and they have him Myrrh, which was a perfume used in preparing the body for burial.
Jesus the King, Jesus the intercessor and Jesus the sacrifice for our sin.
Notice one more thing about the magi, the wise men, they were Gentiles not Jews. When they came to Jerusalem and the Jewish scribes looked up the birthplace of the Messiah, the magi went to Bethlehem, the city of bread and there they found Jesus the bread of life but the Jews didn’t go. It was the gentiles who came searching for a savior but those who had the word of God and the Temple of God didn’t even bother to search with them.
These Gentile were the first gentiles to find and worship Jesus. They were a portend, a sign of the future when we the gentiles of the world would search and find Jesus as our Savior.
So, How Wise Then Am I?
When it comes to wisdom and searching for Jesus, will I be wise enough to rejoice in His presence? Will I be wise enough to worship Him? Will I be wise enough to give gifts worthy of who He is?
The only things I can give to Jesus that are worthy of a King, a Savior and the Son of God is my surrender, my soul and my life. The surrender of my will and way, the surrender of my sin, the surrender of my own good works given in repentance to Him who is my savior. My soul given to Him who will safeguard it for all eternity. My life given in service to Him who gave His life on the cross of sacrifice for me. These three gifts, are the only ones I can offer, the only ones worth of the King of Heaven and Earth.
