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Tuesday—January 3rd

The Biggest Miracle
Isaiah 60:1-6
What do you consider to be the most amazing part miracle in the Epiphany account? What
part is most amazing? Is it that men would travel across scorching deserts and high mountains
just because they saw a star in the sky? Maybe that the star existed at all…a star that was even
able to point out the exact house? For me, the most amazing part of this story is that God said
he was going to save these wise men many years before it happened.
“Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn.” This is an amazing
prophecy! It tells us that those wise men worshipping Jesus was no accident. It wasn’t lucky
coincidence; it was planned by God. Think about what God did to save these Magi. God
intervened in history by allowing one nation to conquer another. Then he intervened in nature
with the appearance of the star. God intervened, not to save the world, but to save a few Magi.
Think about how much God cares. He has done the same for you. When we think of what God
has done to save us we think of Christmas – Jesus was born…or Lent – Jesus suffered and
died…or Easter – Jesus rose again. But none of those events mean anything unless people
know about it and believe it. To save these Magi he needed to do more than be born, die and
rise…he needed to intervene in their personal lives; and he did so in a spectacular way. He’s
done the same for you.
How? Maybe it was the family you were born into. When you were born, you had a seven out
of eight chance of being born into a family where you would be worshipping someone other
than Jesus or nothing at all. That isn’t by accident. God intervened in history for you. Maybe a
teacher, a friend, a neighbor told you about your Savior. God created a star to guide you to
your Savior. That’s God intervening in your life just for you. Before the foundation of the
world, he looked through time and space. He knew you, he loved you, and decided to save you.
He didn’t save you because you are such a bright light of goodness. Our thoughts, our
attitudes are often dark. That darkness makes us do things that hurt ourselves and hurt others.
God had mercy and said, “Let me send a source of Light into the world.” Jesus comes piercing
this dark world as this bright and beautiful light…a life laid down as a sacrifice. Jesus did that
for the world…and for you. Epiphany’s biggest miracle is that the Lord came for YOU!
PRAYER:
Lord Jesus, thank you for the myriad of things you have done so that I know you and believe in
you as my Savior. Amen.
ACTIVITY:

Can you name some other ways (other than those named in this devotion) that God has
worked/intervened personally in your life?

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