Day 6: Worship the King
“…For we have seen His star in the East and have come to worship [the King]” (Matthew 2:2 - NKJV).
The joy of discovery: that moment when hope and expectation were gloriously met by the illumination of one bright star. We cannot imagine what words were spoken by visitors or if first impressions left them somewhat confused.
Messiah, Saviour, a King born in the barest of palaces. Yet, they saw and fell down on their knees in adoration. Lord, they saw you and knew whom they had met. As we meet around crib candle or advent wreath draw us into that stable in our imagination.
In the quiet moments of prayer this Christmas, that brief oasis from the bustle of the world, bring alive to us the smell of the hay, the sound of the animals, the cry of a Baby.
Draw us close to our Saviour Messiah and King, as we bring not Gold, Myrrh or Frankincense, but the gift of our lives, the only offering we can bring.
— From faithandworship.com
They leave the land of gems and gold,
The shining portals of the East;
For Him, the woman's Seed foretold,
They leave the revel and the feast.
To earth their sceptres they have cast,
And crowns by kings ancestral worn;
They track the lonely Syrian waste;
They kneel before the Babe new born.
O happy eyes that saw Him first;
O happy lips that kissed His feet:
Earth slakes at last her ancient thirst;
With Eden's joy her pulses beat.
True kings are those who thus forsake
Their kingdoms for the Eternal King;
Serpent, her foot is on thy neck;
Herod, thou writhest, but canst not sting.
He, He is King, and He alone
Who lifts that infant hand to bless;
Who makes His mother's knee His throne,
Yet rules the starry wilderness
~ Thomas Aubrey DeVere ~ 1887
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