We are almost a week into 2016. Today is January 6 – a day we might live through with the idea that it is a day just like any other. But historically, the church has set this day aside as the day to remember the Epiphany or some call it the Theophany. The mysterious reality of the revelation of Jesus as the son of God to the three magi that came bearing gifts.
The word Epiphany carries the idea of manifestation – God manifested wholly in a child. Colossians 1:19 says, “For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him.” We remember today that Jesus was and is fully God and fully man. He came to earth as God in flesh. He is called Immanuel which means “God with us.”
The other aspect of this special day is the idea of the magi bearing gifts. God came to earth and Gentile men, men who had nothing to do with Judaism, came to fall at the feet of this manifestation. They came to pay tribute to the king. Their journey was long and treacherous. But they endured that trek in order to see the king.
I am reminded today that God’s love for me demands something of me. Just as the magi came to Jesus bearing gifts, I too must fall before him offering something. But I have nothing to offer worthy of the very son of God.
All I can do is humbly offer myself with no strings.
What will you offer the king today?
Clay in the Hands 
“Fall before Him”
“Humbly offer myself ”
The best gift we have to give our Lord and Savior is our submission.