Small Wonder: A Christmas Devotional JourneySample

Wandering and wondering

Have you ever been on a long journey, headed towards something you’ve been longing for, not quite knowing what you’ll find, wondering what lies ahead?

Maybe it’s the hope of a new job, healing in a relationship, or simply making it through this season with your head above water. We all have longings that move us, quiet hopes we carry even when the road feels uncertain, things we wonder about when the noise quietens and we slip into a reflective mode.

The Magi followed a star, not knowing exactly where it would lead. How they must have wondered and talked as they travelled – wise people sharing great ideas. They went to the most logical place – a palace – but didn’t find the King they were looking for. So they kept following and found Him, just a child in a house with His mother. Nothing flashy. No grand setting. And there, they knelt in worship.

This is how God often meets us: not in the extraordinary, but in the ordinary. In the small moments. Not always in the places we expect, but wonderfully in the mundane, and not always in the places where we first looked.

Prayer

Jesus, as I approach Christmas Day and stand on the eve of this moment, help me to keep looking to You and searching for You. When I find quiet moments in these next few days, keep drawing me towards wonder and worship, because You are truly marvellous. Amen.