The Light That Finds Us

It is striking that the story of Epiphany unfolds not only in the pages of Scripture but in the long memory of the world. Like so many moments in salvation history, it begins quietly—under a night sky, in a troubled land—yet its reach stretches across civilizations and centuries. Travelers from distant regions see a light rising in the darkness and understand—however faintly—that something of deep significance has entered human history. They begin to move toward it. And in that movement, revelation takes shape.

The story feels ancient, yet it continues to speak to the enduring human hope that meaning can be found in the night sky, direction in the wilderness, purpose in the journey. It affirms a quiet truth: God rarely gives us the whole map but gives light enough to take the next step. History often turns on such steps—on choices made in moments we did not choose, choices that reveal whom we trust and what we love. Epiphany shifts this truth…