Red Wednesday's Wisdom - One

Three kings were lead by one star, to see one “poor” baby and to worship Him as the One True King! What simplicity and yet power when I ponder on just this one thought. I think of the drive and determination that these kings had to have to travel all that way to have just one encounter with the living baby Jesus. Their one visit, unknown to any of them at the time, would be the one provision, the “money,” that Mary and Joseph would need to make their flight to Egypt. The gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh from the three wise men would be the finances they needed to escape King Herod’s edict to kill their first born son.

In 1 Timothy2:5 I am told, “For there is only one God and one mediator who can reconcile God and humanity – the man Jesus Christ.” When I looked up the one word “reconcile”; it meant to reestablish a close relationship between. It then went on to say; to settle or resolve and to bring oneself to accept. As I think about the three kings, I find it intriguing that they have also been referred to as the three wise men. Obviously they paid attention to the signs of the times, as indicated by their following of that one star, but I wonder…. Did they also have an inherent knowledge about God’s Word and the wisdom that comes from that understanding? I ask this question in light of the studying I have done where I found out that the three wise men or magi, most likely came from a priestly cast. So it makes me wonder if they had an innate discernment to humbly recognize that the one king above all kings was Jesus! And I ask it as I reflect on Job 32:8-9, “But it is the spirit in a man, the breath of the Almighty, that gives him understanding. It is not only the old who are wise, not only the aged, who understand what is right.”

As I think about the three kings coming into the presence of Baby Jesus, I am reminded of that one moment when I too had a personal encounter with the living Jesus. Unlike the three wise men, I did not come into the King’s presence bearing gifts, but I did come with this one attitude – a readiness to surrender my life to Him and to be reconciled or accepted by Him! My personal and heartfelt relationship with God was and is dependent upon my acknowledgement of God the Father’s One and only Son, Jesus Christ!

As we begin the first of a new year, I would ask you to think about this one question. How would your life be forever changed if you decided to come into the presence of Jesus by asking Him to birth Himself inside of you? And if you have already made that one decision to ask Him into your life then I ask you to consider how you are growing by believing that He meets your every need – not one, but all!

May this New Year bless you with a fresh and new understanding to living in the presence of the One and Only Divine King!