Honoring Our King – Part 2

Matthew 2:11-12
11 And when they 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.
12 Then, being divinely warned in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed for their own country another way.

HONORING OUR KING – PART 2
As we began to see yesterday, the wise men coming to Jesus represent us coming to Him receiving salvation, and then offering our gold, frankincense, and myrrh which will change the way we live, no longer returning to our old fleshly ruled lifestyle. The gold we offer Jesus as we discovered yesterday is when we walk by faith, putting our trust in Jesus as our King, and therefore doing what He has told us as revealed in Luke 6:46-48. As Jesus said if we acknowledge Him as Lord (our King of kings), we will do what He says, and that is faith. So every time we choose His will over our own, we offer Him our gold.

Next the wise men gave Jesus frankincense. This was used as a part of the incense that was burned in the temple where only the priest could go. That altar of incense was attended to by the priest daily. This gift recognized Jesus’ priestly ministry as the One who would provide us access to God. Scripture reveals that altar of incense represented the prayers of God’s people (Psalm 141:1-2). When the priest was attending to the altar in the temple the people were outside praying unto God.

Jesus our High Priest has now given us direct access to the Father as we can now come boldly to His throne everyday (Hebrews 4:14-16). Our frankincense is our fellowship with God through prayer. God desires our fellowship. Prayer is simply talking to God, which includes us listening to Him. We offer our frankincense to Him through fellowshipping with God through prayer. This like our gold given to Him (our faith), will change the way we live. Take time daily to offer our King your frankincense by daily fellowshipping with Him.

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