“When they saw the star, they were overjoyed. On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh.” (Matthew 2:10-11, NIV)
According to the liturgical calendar, we are in the season known as Epiphany. The significance of Epiphany is the revelation or the manifestation of the Jewish messiah, Jesus, to the gentiles. Most of us recognize this event as the time when the infant Jesus was visited by the three wise men — non-Jews from a place East of the holy land — who presented Jesus with gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh as tokens of His lordship.
As the disciples of Jesus, we need to guard against keeping Jesus — the Savior of the world — for ourselves only. It was never God’s intention in sending His only begotten Son into this world that Jesus should be only for one group of people, or for one kind of people. The scripture tells us: “God so loved the world. . . ”
We do well to ponder the great love of God in not only coming through the house and lineage of David, but in also coming to us: Gentiles, exiles, foreigners, and strangers. – Luther
Daily Encouragement 