Today is Epiphany and we think of Matthew 2, the star leading the wise men to the child Jesus. People speculate but that star is a minor light in the biblical scheme of things; Jesus is the real light. “I am the light of the world” and He says His followers “are the light of the world.” (John 8:12; Matthew 5:14)
You haven’t seen the light. I mean, your physical eyes haven’t seen that light, haven’t even seen Jesus the way the disciples saw Him. “You have not seen Him.” (1 Peter 1:8) At select times Jesus let His disciples see His full glory. “We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father.” (John 1:14) But for us, for now, it’s a mercy that we haven’t physically seen the risen and glorified Son of God. “No one can see Me and live.” (Exodus 33:20)
So, how do you “see” the light of Christ? Jesus says, “If you hold to My teaching, you are really disciples…. Whoever belongs to God hears what God says.” (John 8:31, 47) I suggest a new symbol of Epiphany, the otoscope, that light the doctor uses to examine your ear. For the time being it’s through your ear that the Great Physician shines His light into your soul. We’re promised that someday our eyes will see the glory.
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