作文老師德勤擅長看圖說故事，每當他看到一張地圖時，就會探索其中蘊含的冒險故事。他說：「向人要一張地圖，就是在說：『告訴我一個故事。』」所以我在預備聖誕主日學課程《東方博士的信心》時，就抓緊這個概念。我研究地圖，發現幾位東方智者為了尋找嬰孩耶穌，跋涉了1,550公里，還可能花了好多個月，最後找到的不是馬槽中的嬰孩，而是和父母同住小屋的幼兒。他們幾經艱難看到年幼的耶穌時，有何反應呢？他們「俯伏拜那小孩子」（馬太福音2章11節）。

他們尋找耶穌的旅程，讓我和主日學的學生們也想更仔細地尋找耶穌。聖經告訴我們，當那幾位博士終於抵達耶路撒冷時，他們急切地向人打聽：「那生下來作猶太人之王的在哪裡？我們在東方看見祂的星，特來拜祂。」（2節）

遙遠的路程、危險或延遲，都不能攔阻他們去敬拜這位君王。希律王心懷殺機，對博士說的話，顯得格外諷刺：「你們去仔細尋訪那小孩子」（8節）。其實，沒有人像那幾位博士如此積極地尋找耶穌。

我們可以效法那些博士，殷勤地尋找耶穌。當我們敬拜耶穌，天父會對我們的心說話，引導我們遠離過去舊有的一切，與祂一同踏上新的旅程。

When writing teacher Peter Turchi sees a map, he looks for the adventure it holds. “To ask for a map,” he says, “is to say, ‘Tell me a story.’ ” I seized on that idea when preparing to teach a Sunday school class during Christmas on the “Faith of the Wise Men.” As I studied maps, I learned the Magi traveled some nine hundred miles—perhaps over several months—to find the Christ child, finally finding not a babe in a manger but a toddler living with His parents in a house. Their reaction after such a long trip? “They bowed down and worshiped him” (Matthew 2:11).

Their journey invited my students and me to plan with intention to seek Christ more fully. As Scripture tells us, when the Magi finally arrived in Jerusalem, their urgent question was: “Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him” (v. 2).

Distance didn’t deter their worship. Nor did danger or delays. Herod’s deadly demand was ironic: “Go and search carefully for the child” (v. 8). Nobody had searched more diligently for Jesus than the Magi.

We can heed the example of the wise men by seeking Christ diligently too. Then, as we worship Him, we can expect our heavenly Father to speak to our hearts, leading us from old ways to new paths to journey with Him.