Photo by: Martin Beek
Buddha, Confucius, and Jesus are known for their wisdom.
All three reflect the characteristics of wise teachers. They use short stories and memorable one-liners to help others think for themselves. They help their followers see below surface issues to matters of the heart. They teach their followers to live with priority and perspective.
All three, however, inspire something different when it comes to wonder. Buddha seems to wonder in an agnostic sense about God or gods. Confucius was wise enough to give us reason to wonder whether we are learning from Heaven to do right by ourselves and others. Jesus, however, shows us how to find ourselves and him in the wonder of worship.
Who else has ever given us reason to worship him– not just as a master teacher, or miracle worker–but as our Creator and Savior?
Who else personifies wisdom, and inspires wonder, by deserving worship as the God of gods, King of kings, Lord of lords, Servant of servants, and Word of words?
Imagine, the following words being written of anyone else: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God…all things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made…He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him…He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him… And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth” (John 1:1-14).
How appropriate that his entrance into our world gave us the center page of history, the real story of wisdom, wonder, and worship..with Joy, Peace, Hope, Love, and Light… for the deepest darkness in and around us.
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