The True Gifts of the Magi Part #2

The Wisemen that started their journey on the back of camels, on a dangerous 2 year trek across a desert, was actually foretold hundreds of years before it happened.The whole chapter of Isaiah 60 foretells this, but specifically verses 3 & 6" And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising." Verse 6 aslo specifically calls out WHO, What, When and Where they would come from, and EVEN the HOW of transportation.. " The multitude of CAMELS shall cover thee, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; all they from Sheba shall come: they shall bring GOLD and INCENSE; and they shall shew forth the praises of the Lord." The true gifts these Wisemen possessed weren't the gold, francincense and myrryh they carried; they were the GIFTS OF FAITH AND THE WORD! Romans 12:3 says we can't even BELIEVE the Word if we haven't had our HEART opened by faith. The book of Hebrews says that Faith comes by hearing the Word of God; so how did these Gentile leaders-- wisemen in the courts of the Medes and Persians- have Jewish Teachings/History and prophecy, the revealed Word entrusted to Hebrews only then? The Answer is from one of the Wisemen himself,a HEBREW WISEMAN; Daniel! Yes, the SAME Daniel that wrote the book in the Bible. He was the longest living Jewish captive, that held a place of high position throughout several Kings' reigns, being referred to by the Gentiles lastly as a president. He came as a young man from Israel, with other well known people in the Bible.Some were Hananiah , Mischal, Azariah,( Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego), Ezra, Nehemiah, Mordecai and Esther. ALL of these people ended up being greatly used of God to fulfill His purpose and Word, amongst heartache, fear for their lives, and being torn from the only home they had ever known. They all chose to remain faithful to the Lord in strange land, and the Lord put them in the exact positions they needed to be in for it to happen. Just as the Star, JESUS CHRIST HIMSELF, literally guided the Wisemen into the position they needed to be in to read and study HIS WORD, He guided them to where HE PHYSICALLY was as a young toddler child! Romans 8:28 tells us that ALL things work together for good when the Lord is working in our lives, the GOOD and the BAD. The rough times Daniel and his brethren faced were VERY serious and despite all, they CHOSE to follow the STAR! They had the Light of the Word in them, while living in darkness all around them. BUT, it guided them, gave them wisdom, and great HOPE that this Star would deliver them one day! The Wisemen that saw this same Light of the Word, The Star of Bethlehem, would guide them through literal physical darkness, deliver them to the True KING of the Jews, and allow them to kneel and bow at His feet and WORSHIP HIM! The Star that had positioned, protected, and prepared great blessings to all of these pilgrims for their Faith. Today may we look Northward to the Star of Bethlehem in faith with this same gift of FAITH, for help, guidance, protection, and PEACE that passes all understanding, no matter what we are going through today.

The True Gifts of the Magi

We all tend to get used to a certain idea or picuture in our mind of stories, whether man-written, or spoken directly from the Word of God of what it looked like, how it happened, how the characters looked, etc. But, Honestly, as I started reading the Christmas story this season and, and thought on my favorite Christmas Song, "Beautiful Star of Bethlehem", the Lord started showing me some things I had NEVER seen before! Simple yet POWERFUL! Not of works, but HIS GRACE ALONE, especially with my humanly limiatations! His WORD IS LIVING AND it is COMPLETE, AND has the anwser for us TODAY JUST AS CURRENT as the lateset news report on social media! This FACT of God's WRITTEN PRESERVED WORD is CRUCICAL to the Christmas Story AND other Bible Stories that led up to the Greatest night this World has ever seen, and then there was STILL more to come, 2 to 3 years later! Yes, I'm referring to the Birth of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. But want to share with all of you what He has been showing me in His Word, concerning 3 different sets of People and objects.As the title of this devotional series states, the main set of 3 are the Wisemen, BUT there are a few more sets of 3s I have found! This week before Christmas, I want to show you from the Bible, how the Hand of God was moving, LOOOONG before those men mounted camels and started a dangerous trek, and how hard times, bad things, and even death itself played apart in the Greatest Story Ever told. Please pray for me as I do so..now tomorrow starts-"the rest of the Story"!

No FEAR !!!!!!

From Fear to.....

 🎼No GUILT  in life, NO FEAR in death,

This is the POWER  of CHRIST IN ME!

From life's FIRST cry to FINAL breath,

Jesus COMMANDS my destiny!

NO power of HELL ,NO scheme of MAN,

Can ever PLUCK me from HIS HAND!

Till He RETURNS  or CALLS ME HOME

HERE IN the POWER of CHRIST  I'LL STAND!!🎼

Thanking MY SAVIOUR, JESUS CHRIST ( JUST to be CLEAR) for the POWER TO LIVE, thru HIM ALONE this am! He COMMANDS& is in FULL control of what happens to ME & ALL of His youngins!!! From my FIRST BREATH to my LAST!! We can march FORWARD , not  backward, in life to do HIS WILL with it! I’m DEF NOT PERFECT, BUT HE IS, & I can TRUST HIM for what is BEST, even if I dont understand it! If YOU are fearful in these times, you DONT HAVE TO BE!! GO TO JESUS For cleansing from His BLOOD& put your trust in HIM! He GAVE  you your FIRST breath & will GIVE you your SECOND breath( SPIRITUAL LIFE), only for the asking!!!! Child of God- if you have let all that’s going on around you, take your focus off the Lord &are fearful: TURN YOUR EYES BACK TO JESUS, like Peter did when he started to sink, and Let The CAPTAIN pull you back UP & FORWARD to HIM!! Stay the course in the COMMAND the LORD has given us- GO YE INTO ALL THE WORLD & PREACH the GOSPEL!! Not our OPINIONS of events around us, & putting more effort in THEM & the FIGHT than the MAIN FOCUS the Lord said- The GOSPEL & SAVING OF SOULS!  “Lord, take our fear & guilt& give us thy peace & confidence to serve Thee, till we have FINISHED OUR COURSE & keep the FAITH!” 

“There is NO FEAR in LOVE ; but PERFECT LOVE CASTETH OUT FEAR: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.” 1 John 4:18

                                .... NO FEAR!!!