I'm not so sure that I would have been amongst those traveling to see the Christ Child based on a star and a prophesy. Maybe I doubt myself too much, and I would have went, but a larger part of me thinks that I would have made excuses as to why I needed to stay behind.
We live in a world that has a lot of excuses as to why we don't seek to follow Jesus. Sure, we may believe in Jesus, because that is easy, but to actually follow him? That's a whole other story. And even for those who do seek him, we come with expectations crafted from trying to fit Jesus into our own image or little boxes, instead of embracing him as the Son of God. And all too often when our expectations are not met, we become dismayed instead of capturing the joy that can only come from encountering Christ.
My prayer this Epiphany is that we set aside our expectations and allow God to meet us as we are, where we are, as God is. I want to be transformed by a God who is bigger than my expectations and a Messiah who doesn't beckon us to believe in him so much as to follow him. What is your prayer this Epiphany?
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