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📖 Scripture
Meditation – No. 1843
🔆AATHAVAN - Monday,
23.02.2026
“And having been warned by
God in a dream not to return to Herod, the magi left for their own country by
another way.” — Gospel of Matthew 2:12
A transformed life is the
primary evidence that we have drawn near to Christ. Not only that, if we have
truly encountered Christ in our lives, it is essential that we completely leave
behind the old life we lived before meeting Him and walk in a distinctly new
way.
The magi who came to worship
Christ mistakenly entered Herod’s palace. Since the Messiah was proclaimed as
the Savior of the world, they assumed He would be found as a royal prince in a
palace. Only after arriving did they realize their mistake. Yes, though they
had come seeking Christ, until then they had been walking in Herod’s path.
When they departed from
Herod’s palace, they journeyed on the right and straight path that would lead
them to Christ.
“And after hearing the king,
they went their way; and the star, which they had seen in the east, went on
before them until it came and stood over the place where the Child was. When
they saw the star, they rejoiced exceedingly with great joy.” — Gospel of
Matthew 2:9–10
Following the direction of
the star, they came and met Jesus.
Afterward, however, as the
Scripture says, they were warned by God in a dream not to return to Herod, and
they went back to their country by another way. Yes, beloved, after meeting
Christ, our life’s path must change. Our journey must continue on a new way. We
must turn from the path of Herod to the path of Christ.
Today, many say, “I have
experienced Christ in my life; I am saved.” Yet apart from a change in their
style of worship, little or no transformation is seen in their daily living. If
we have truly encountered Christ in our lives, it is essential that we become
new people, conformed to the image of our Creator.
“…and have put on the new
self who is being renewed to a true knowledge according to the image of the One
who created him.” — Epistle to the Colossians 3:10
This is what the magi’s new
and different return journey teaches us. After meeting Christ, our life must
change. Having encountered Him, we must put on the new self and continue our
life’s journey on a new path.
If we turn our life’s
journey into this new way, God will do new things in our lives. Our wilderness
experience will be transformed. Rivers and fruitfulness will spring forth in
our lives.
“Behold, I am going to do
something new, now it will spring up; will you not be aware of it? I will even
make a roadway in the wilderness, rivers in the desert.” — Book of Isaiah 43:19

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