Gift For A King!
"And when the Wise Men had come into the house, they
saw the
young Child with Mary His mother, and fell down and worshiped
Him. And when they had opened their treasures, they presented
gifts to Him: gold, frankincense, and myrrh."
Matthew 2: 11
The desirability of gold dates from the dawn of
human history (Genesis 2:11-12). Since then,
gold has maintained its status as the most
desired of earthly metals.
Coupled with its beauty is its rarity. Estimates are that
all the gold that has ever been recovered on earth fits
into a cube
measuring around 73 feet on each side.
A very small portion of the world’s gold was presented to Jesus
as a gift from the Magi following His birth in Bethlehem. Why
did
the Magi present something as valuable as gold to an infant child?
Because they recognized that Jesus had been born “King of the
Jews” (Matthew 2:2).
And gold was the metal most associated with royalty in the
ancient world. King Solomon was presented
with gold by all
who sought an audience with him (1 Kings 10:1-10, 24-25).
Take a lesson from the Wise Men: Present to Jesus
your most precious gift—your whole
life as a living
sacrifice to Him (Romans 12:1).
"Worldlings make gold their god;
saints make God their gold."
Matthew Henry
