FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH GREENSBORO
JANUARY 2020
CONNECTIONS Emphasizing worship, spiritual development, fellowship, and ministry to our city and our world.
EPIPHANY IS THE TIME in our liturgical calendar when Christians celebrate, not just Jesus’s birth, but that through the visit of these wise men, Jesus’s identity was made clear. An epiphany was madea revelation- that he was, in fact, the Messiah- the Savior for ALL people!
There is something about the night sky that begs us to stare at it and wonder. We know that the cosmos holds the key to millions of mysteries that we can’t begin to understand. And yet the wise men allowed one simple star to guide them. The Christmas star was in plain sight for everyone, yet Matthew only tells us about the wise men being the ones to follow it. They were paying attention. They saw one light in the midst of all of the other stars that could have distracted them. And they allowed that light to be their guide.
Just like the Magi, we are seekers. We want to know God through Jesus. We want to love and adore him as the wise men did. We want to follow him. We are looking for hope and peace and joy and love. As Christians, we know that we can find those things if we allow ourselves to be led to Christ. And yet, we often find ourselves being guided on a different path. A path that can lead to insecurity and anxiety and sadness and suffering. In this Gospel story, we see that God put a star in the sky that would lead to Jesus. A star that would light the path toward the one who could give us all that we need. The one who would give us abundant life. And God still gives us guiding lights today. In this new year, you are invited to join us in looking and listening for the guiding lights that God offers. A light that makes our paths clear. A light that guides us closer to the love and grace of Jesus Christ.
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