Matthew 2:1-12
We can all
identify with the experience of the Wise Men.
Great expectations are often dimmed by the dull reality of life. What do you do when you follow a star and
find a stable?
We
live in a world of unmet expectations.
Disappointment
is a difficult emotion to deal with in life.
The
stable experiences of life are tests of flexibility and faith.
I. Look for God in the
Stable. v.9-10
The
death of our vision may create the means of God to give us what He
desired in His way, not ours.
Just
because we know God's direction in our lives may not mean we know His method.
II.
Offer
Your Best to God in the Stable.
v.11
A. Overcome a tendency to meet second-rate
circumstances with half-hearted efforts.
B. Recognize that where your treasure is your heart
will be also.
C. Recognize that attitude has everything to do with experience.
D. Boredom – The inability to take responsibility for
your own happiness.
E. Recognize that we may be in positions that could be glorious
if we would give ourselves to them.
III.
Receive
the Direction of God through the Experience of the Stable. v.12
Contact with God in the present may
alter your future direction.
You may find the best of God
in the worst of life.
