Who is Your Guiding Star?
On Sunday, January 6th, we celebrate the Feast of the Epiphany, which recalls the arrival of astronomers from the East to visit the Holy Family in Bethlehem. Matthew’s Gospel (2: 1-12) reports that the Magi were both made aware of this event and led to Jesus by the appearance of a star.
The theological significance of this visit is that Jesus is a King, not only over Israel, but over the whole world. That this is first recognized by the Gentiles is a sign that Jesus, as Savior, has come not only to save Israel but the whole world. Even Gentiles, who are far away, both literally and figuratively, from being part of the covenant with God, are now, in Jesus, to become heirs of God’s promises to Abraham and his offspring forever.
Human beings have looked to the heavens for nearly four millennia in order to find meaning for their lives and more simply to just get from one place to another. It was only by observing the stars that man could set out on the open seas, where there were no landmarks (no pun intended) and go from shore to shore.
Today we use satellites to fix our precise position on the face of the earth and to get from one destination to another, whether on the oceans or in the desert or on Walton Way! Navigation systems have even become standard equipment in our automobiles. Hardly anyone uses a map these days.
Do you know where you are going? Today? Tomorrow? Several years from now? How will you find your way on life’s journey and how will you make sense of all that you experience? Christians have long looked to Jesus and his own example to be their guiding star, delivering them safely from this world to the next, or more pressingly, leading them through the latest crisis in life, at work or at home. There is no truer or more reliable way to find your own way, than His way.
This new year, why not get yourself a new navigation system, the only one that leads you to your heart’s desire. Come follow Jesus with us at Good Shepherd.
Human beings have looked to the heavens for nearly four millennia in order to find meaning for their lives and more simply to just get from one place to another. It was only by observing the stars that man could set out on the open seas, where there were no landmarks (no pun intended) and go from shore to shore.
Today we use satellites to fix our precise position on the face of the earth and to get from one destination to another, whether on the oceans or in the desert or on Walton Way! Navigation systems have even become standard equipment in our automobiles. Hardly anyone uses a map these days.
Do you know where you are going? Today? Tomorrow? Several years from now? How will you find your way on life’s journey and how will you make sense of all that you experience? Christians have long looked to Jesus and his own example to be their guiding star, delivering them safely from this world to the next, or more pressingly, leading them through the latest crisis in life, at work or at home. There is no truer or more reliable way to find your own way, than His way.
This new year, why not get yourself a new navigation system, the only one that leads you to your heart’s desire. Come follow Jesus with us at Good Shepherd.
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