Wise Men = Instruments of God

This year, I am again enjoying reading along with Joanna Weaver's 2016 Word of God Speak (you may find more information here on her blog or here on her Facebook page where the conversations occur based on the weekly scriptures).

Here's my comment for January 4-5:

In Matthew 2, God used the Wise Men...to "disturb" Herod, "as was everyone in Jerusalem," of the arrival of the "newborn king of the Jews."

Then, once they found Him, the Wise Men "returned to their own country by another route, for God had warned them in a dream to not return to Herod."

This is just so interesting to me. The human side of me wonders: in the dream God gave them to not return to Herod, did he comfort them for being the ones to stir up the hatred toward this baby...this King...our Savior? Did they even realize then the domino effect that had already begun?

Then, I wonder...how many times has God used me to spread the Good News...and then saved me from the Herods in my life? Then, I just have to wonder...I just hope I am being "wise" for him...and not returning to the Herods! 

I have spent two days on Mathew 2:1-12...may have to spend another! Very powerful to me right now in my life...

Won't Heaven be fun?  Meeting and greeting all these people in the Bible and learning more than just a few verses about their experiences while here on earth?

I encourage your joining such a read-along as the one hosted by Joanna Weaver,  From my involvement in these and book clubs, I find myself challenged to engage in the texts and the conversations more, learning from those involved.

Here's hoping this New Year is finding you learning more about Him!