We all know this passage - it gets read during the Christmas season. These are the words of Herod - tongue in cheek, because he has no intention of worshipping the child born to Mary. But today I would like to separate it out and take it at face value. Go and search diligently for the child. This is something that we are all invited, encouraged, even admonished to do - to search for Jesus. And when we find him, spend time with him, to understand what his presence means to our life. And then take word of him out into the world so that others may come also.
This Sunday is Invitation Sunday - this is the time we are invited to go out and to tell others and to invite them to know Jesus also. Don't go out as one determined to "save others," but go out as one who desires to enrich the lives of others. Go out as one who has found a depth of meaning that informs and enhances your everyday life. Go out as one who wants to share the wonder and glory that we have seen through Jesus Christ.
Lord Jesus Christ, be with us and reside in us that we might know the depth and breadth of your love and wisdom. Instill in us the courage and desire to go out and to invite others in; to be willing to share the fullness of your love and grace with at least one other person this week. Amen.
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