The Magi — people of wisdom — travelled from several countries away. They came quite a distance just to see the baby they believed was born. They probably expected to find him in some royal palace. Some well-to-do place, and this was their act of faith, because no one had broght them word that God had come down. No one had given them a direct address to travel to. This was their faith journey because they saw something different in the sky and wanted to see the reality for themselves.
They were open to hearing the truth — even if that truth didn’t meet their expectations. Mary and Joseph were not people of influence or wealth. They weren’t people in well-to-do homes. They lived a simple life. And yet, the magi — having learned that this was the child they had seen in the stars above — gave Mary and Joseph the gifts they had brought. They took in the evidence presented and came to that conclusion, despite their pre-conceived notions.
How far do we go out of our way to see what God is doing around us? Maybe not in our back doorstep, but a few feet away? How willing are we to step across that few feet and see what God is doing, and celebrate it with those God is working in?