The Magi arrived late—perhaps two years late. Christmas was long gone and the manger was back to feeding livestock. The baby was already a boy.
Those Magi were unlikely candidates for the Christmas story. They were superstitious Gentile pagans. Jesus was born a Jew to save his people. And the way they found Jesus was equally strange—they received directions from a king who wanted Jesus dead.
What trumped everything was that they were seekers. They took the smallest hint—a strange star—and commenced a search that took them on a very long journey. They asked anyone who could give directions. They arrived as soon as they could. They followed their gut-instincts and fell down in worship of a little boy who was the Son of God and Savior of the world. They had no doubt that Jesus was worth the journey and worth the search.
Let us all be seekers. Do anything and go anywhere to Jesus. He’s worth it. Jesus is the best and greatest Christmas gift of all.