God's Gift?

In the years before the birth of Jesus, the Jewish people had been told by their prophets especially Daniel that a Messiah or anointed one would be coming soon to bring the Israelites back to prominence as a people, a nation. So who would this Messiah be? Certainly someone of royal blood or lineage. Certainly someone who is educated. Certainly someone who has access to seats of power.

But who did God anoint? Who did God appoint as his Messiah? God sent a baby. God sent a baby born of a teenage mother and a carpenter, who lived in a remote, small town. One must ask: “Where is the royal blood? How could he be educated? And what kind of access to power would a baby, boy or man from a nowhere town have?” The answer is none. What is God thinking? Is that all?