Meeting Your Hero

Have you ever met your hero? Maybe it was the chance to meet a famous athlete you’ve looked up to, like Tom Brady or Michael Jordan. Or maybe it was someone who saved your life, like a first responder when you were in an accident. Meeting someone you’ve admired from afar can have a strong impact on your life. The Messiah had been spoken of for hundreds of years; then his cousin John the Baptist at last declared that he had arrived. One man named Simeon had been waiting for the Messiah and was finally able to meet him in the baby Jesus. “And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Christ” (Luke 2:26).