Epiphany: Following the star.
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The onlookers must have thought they were nuts . . . three men, in regal attire, riding camels through the countryside following a star. No doubt, they stopped along the way and explained the purpose of their journey. I am sure the reactions were the same.
“So let me get this straight,” one might say. “You’ve been traveling for days all because you saw a star in the sky?”
“That’s right,” the replied.
“But there are countless stars, what makes you think your star is special.”
“A hunch.”
“A hunch? Are you nuts? I get the fact that you are eager to find the Messiah, like so many of us, but you don’t see us getting on camels and traveling all over the place.”
“No, I suppose I don’t.”
“Why do it?”
“We don’t have a choice.”
“Yes you do. You could have dismissed or ignored the star and stayed home. You could have taken pride in seeing the star and rested on that and done nothing more. You could have asked some one to go for you and come back and tell you what they found.”
“I suppose you're right, but we didn't feel like there was a choice. I can’t explain it, and maybe we are, as you say, ‘nuts’, or maybe we’re quite the opposite, but we felt called to follow the star wherever it leads. The star is not what we’re after, it’s what’s below it. It’s who’s below it.”
“But what if you’re wrong?”
“What if we’re right?”