{"id":17388,"date":"2026-03-10T14:13:52","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T14:13:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/uncategorized\/hope-from-the-wise-men-for-the-new-year\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T06:03:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T06:03:34","slug":"hope-from-the-wise-men-for-the-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/inspiring-stories\/stories-of-faith-and-hope\/hope-from-the-wise-men-for-the-new-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Hope from the Wise Men for the New Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Didn\u2019t you expect that things would be different this year? That we would be over with the pandemic and could celebrate the new year?\u00a0If you\u2019re like me, trying to take in the news of this latest variant and then learning about some loved one who\u2019s tested positive, I want to say to God, \u201cI\u2019m done with this. Enough already!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>God\u2019s answer comes back:\u00a0<em>I\u2019m never done with you.<\/em>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/inspiring-stories\/stories-of-faith-and-hope\/a-chance-to-show-great-love\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">God isn\u2019t done with any of us.<\/a> I pause for a moment in my prayer, reflecting on the eternity of God\u2019s love. Life changes, we change. God\u2019s love never dies.<\/p>\n<p>Think of the wise men. On January 6, we celebrate the <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/positive-living\/health-and-wellness\/life-advice\/finding-life-purpose\/searching-for-an-epiphany\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Feast of the Epiphany,<\/a> that moment in the calendar when we honor the wise men\u2019s visit to the Christ Child.<\/p>\n<p>Other characters in the Christmas story honored the tenets of Judaism, like Mary and Joseph. Not the wise men. They were foreigners. They didn\u2019t live in the Holy Land. All we know from the Bible is that they \u201ccame from the East.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/angels-and-miracles\/miracles\/gods-grace\/the-feast-of-the-epiphany-3-things-to-know\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">There\u2019s a lot of conjecture<\/a> about what religion they might have followed, possibly Zoroastrianism, as they came from what we now know as Persia. The Bible doesn\u2019t say\u2014as it doesn\u2019t actually say that there were three of them (that \u201cthree\u201d comes from the number of gifts they gave: gold, frankincense and myrrh). It also doesn\u2019t say they were kings.<\/p>\n<p>Look at what they did though. They followed a star and a revelation that came to them, how following it would lead to this newborn king. <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/prayer\/holiday-prayers\/did-gift-wrapping-start-with-the-wise-men\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">With their fancy gifts, <\/a>you wouldn\u2019t expect them to discover that this royal figure was the son of a lowly carpenter.<\/p>\n<p>I can imagine the thoughts that ran through their heads, why they shouldn\u2019t have made the trip. What a wild goose chase. <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/positive-living\/health-and-wellness\/life-advice\/how-to-worry-less-and-trust-god-more\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">But they trusted.<\/a> And didn\u2019t give up. I find that\u2019s exactly what I need to do now. Trust in God. Trust in God\u2019s goodness. Trust in God\u2019s love.<\/p>\n<p>They also <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/faith-prayer-devotions\/stories-of-faith-faith-prayer-devotions\/5-biblical-dreams-that-made-christmas-happen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trusted in their dreams.<\/a> Like men used to the ways of power, they visited King Herod as they followed the star and told him what they were searching for. Crafty King Herod pretended this was great news and that they should let him know what they found.<\/p>\n<p>After paying homage to the Child, they were informed in a dream to avoid going back to Herod. After all, his violent jealousy would lead to the <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/prayer\/holiday-prayers\/when-power-conflicts-with-god-s-vision\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">slaughter of those little children <\/a>in and around Bethlehem who might usurp his power.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to the dream, \u201cthey left for their own country by another road.\u201d (Matthew 2:12)<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s what the promise of Christmas holds, no matter when you celebrate, no matter what dreams you\u2019ve had. After you\u2019ve worshipped the Christ Child, you can\u2019t go home the old way. You take\u00a0<em>another road.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Whether you traveled or not this Christmas, <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/tag\/stories-of-hope\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hold on to that hope<\/a> in the New Year. 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