THURSDAY
DECEMBER 26
“Search the Scriptures, for…these
are they which testify of Me.” Jn 5:39 NKJV
WISE MEN STILL SEEK HIM (4)
The
birth of Jesus divides history into two parts: B.C. (before Christ) and A.D.
(after Christ). History is—His story! Let’s observe where else the wise men
didn’t find Christ: In the church. Amazing, isn’t it? Teachers and theologians
pored over their dusty parchments as they had done for generations. They taught
their congregations that the Messiah was coming, but they failed to recognize or
acknowledge Him when He arrived. Yet the Old Testament Scriptures they read
were filled with it. They described His ancestry: God told Abraham, “All peoples
on earth will be blessed through you and your offspring”(Ge 28:14 NIV). They
identified the tribe from which He would be born: “The scepter shall not depart
from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh [the Prince of
Peace] come; and unto Him shall the gathering of the people be” (Ge 49:10).
They described His family of origin: “A shoot will come up from the stump of
Jesse [father of David];from His roots a Branch will bear fruit. The Spirit of
the Lord will rest on him”(Isa 11:1-2 NIV). They foretold His virgin birth: “The
virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call him
Immanuel [which means ‘God with us’]” (Isa 7:14 NIV). The prophet Daniel
actually declared the time of His birth (See Da 9:25). And this God of
precision and forethought has a plan for your life too, the only plan that can
satisfy and bring you happiness. And the good news is, He comes by invitation.
So invite Him into your life today.
Taken from the Word for You Today
Devotional
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