TODAYS DEVOTIONAL FROM THE VINE Please post a comment on todays reading. Wed love to hear what you think. Sunday, January 25th, 2015 Strange Insignia By Dr. James R. Miller This shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. - Luke 2:12 What a strange sign this by which to recognize the King of glory! The shepherds would not find him robed in purple garments, like the child of a prince, but wrapped in swaddling clothes. They would not find him in a palace, but in a stable, with a manger for his cradle. Is it not strange; that the very marks and authentications of Messiahs character and mission, by which these shepherds recognized him when they found him, were these tokens of poverty and humiliation? This tells us what empty things are the worlds marks of greatness. No one would expect ever to recognize earthly royalty by any such insignia as these. When Christ came, he despised all the badges of rank by which men indicate greatness, and wore the insignia of earthly poverty and meanness. Yet was he less great because he bore not the worlds stamp of honor? True greatness is in the character, never in the circumstances. No matter about wearing a crown; make sure that you have a head worthy of wearing a crown. No matter about the purple; make sure that you have a heart worthy of the purple. No matter about a throne to sit on; make sure that your life is regal in its own intrinsic character -- that men will recognize the king in you though you toil in the field or mine, or serve in the lowliest place. These strange tokens tell us also of Christs sympathy with the lowliest phases of life, with the plainest and poorest of the people. None can say that Christ never came to them. If he had been born in a palace amid splendors, the common people would never have felt that he was their Savior as they feel now that he is. Christ went down and touched life at its lowest point, that there might be none to whom his mission of love and grace should not reach. The Bible In A Year Exodus 12-13, Matthew 16 Daily Wisdom Proverbs 25 Please log in with Facebook to comment on todays reading Like us on Facebook Comment on todays reading Read and listen to the Bible online Read recent daily devotionals Support The Vine Contact us Thank You! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Offers... Learn How To Play Professional Piano Chords How To Build A Lasting Student Ministry Teaching Your Child To Read Early Advanced Guitar Learning System The Vine LLC · PO Box 632162 · Littleton, CO 80126 · USA
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