Few days ago, my
pastor introduced a wonderful ‘Bible’ app, and I installed it in my android.
Such a wonderful stuff that I could ever have! I could install all those favorite
Bible versions including ‘Nepali’ and some other regional languages as well.
One of the benefits that you could get in Bible app was the series of devotional
contents. There are many important lessons where one could meditate, store it
in device, or share it to friends if it is worth sharing. I have chosen the Christmas
story for my devotion. I wish I could put that stuff into Nepali. Due to some of
technical limitation, I am just blogging some of my blessing and inspiration
into English only.
One of the
interesting scenes from the Christmas story is about the Wise Men! These wise
people were seeking Jesus. The thesis lays here- They were seeking Jesus! Some people say that there are two kinds
of people in life when it comes to truth: Speculators and Seekers. Speculators
may guess and think they know God. They may love to argue and discuss, having
full of preoccupied thought in mind. Their guessing does not really let them to
know the truth. On the other side, seekers ask question and study to know the
truth. They can go to any extent in order to know the truth. God loves seekers.
(Deut 4:29) Seeking is not just spending time. Let us look at the text from the
book of Matthew 2:1, “When Jesus was born, some wise men from the east came to
Jerusalem.” They were willing to travel to any length in order to find Jesus.
Jesus was born in Bethlehem which is just about 10 kms from Jerusalem. During
those days, Jerusalem was the centre of the intelligence, mind and thought.
People used to come to Jerusalem from all over the places in order to learn ideas
and thoughts. However, none of those learned men and women ever dared to seek
the truth. Look at the text closely; people from outside of the land, wise men
from a completely different land and culture came to seek Jesus.
All those people
in Jerusalem and nearby areas missed the Truth, including Herod and those so
called business and religious leaders. Yes, you and I could also miss the truth
even though He is right in our midst. We need to be cautious! Are we seeking to
know the truth? Or we are just speculating? But the wise men did it. They were
seeking the truth thought it cost them a lot and, finally they found it. They
gave up everything for this mission. What is our motive in our journey to find
the truth?
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