Matthew 2:1-12 - Worshipping the King

On Christmas Day, we looked at the account of the magi who came to worship the newborn king Jesus. These odd men had seen a star and come from far away, at great expense in terms of money and time, to honour Jesus. Yet they encountered a local ruler who feared Jesus as a rival and religious people who knew about the Christ yet did not care for him. Jesus is the real king, yet a different king to what many expected. He came to rule everything not only a country, and he came to serve not to be served. We were challenged to consider how we are responding to such a king. Do we see Jesus as worthy of all we have, like the magi? Or is he a rival we'd like to get rid of, or perhaps someone we know of but don't care about?