“When the Magi saw the star, they rejoiced exceedingly with great joy”. Matt. 2:10
Lord Jesus, it makes no difference if they were astrologers, wise guys, magicians, or kings. Their number—3, 5, or 7, is just as irrelevant as their arrival date—within hours, days, months, or years of your first breath in our world. The Magi came to you because you are an irresistible grace-magnet. You are the Savior who allures, draws, and seeks; then finds, saves, and treasures us. Thank you for being the author and object, treasure and completer of our faith (Heb. 12:2).
Thank you for actively saving a Bride for yourself as numerous as the stars, sand, and dust—a number so big it’s impossible to count (Rev.7:9-10, Heb.11:12, Gen.13:16). You are doing so by the ordinary means of grace and the sovereign work of your Spirit, by friend-to-friend evangelism and angelic visitation, by churches being planted and creation declaring your glory. This is the meaning of history, the heartbeat of heaven, and is happening non-stop “as far as the curse is found”—as far as rebels and prodigals try to run from you
Jesus, all true wisdom seekers will invariably discover you as their heart’s destination and delight. For you are wisdom from God—our “righteousness, holiness, redemption” (1Cor.1:30). Speaking of which, Jesus, we have friends and family who are simultaneously deeply religious but so lost. Others who are frozen with shame and paralyzed by guilt, and so certain you could never love them. Others who, like Saul of Tarsus before he became “Paul of Grace,” are cynical, angry, and are bent on destroying any and every reference to you.
Jesus, in a category of our culture—what do we want for Christmas 2025? Please save our loved ones that they might discover true belovedness. So Very Amen.
