Follow The Star

Matthew 2:9-11 When they had heard the king, they departed; and, lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was. When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.  And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.

Now, I don’t have gold, frankincense or myrrh to give to the Christ-child, but I can give what I have:  My love, my worship, my attention, my tithes, my talent, my praise, my glory, my labor, and all I am.

It always costs something to worship Jesus. He expects our worship to be simple and straightforward, to involve sacrifice as we give back to Him from the things He’s given to us.

Any exercise of praise that doesn’t involve selfless, sacrificial, and simple adoration of the Savior can’t rightly be called worship.