01.04.07. Christmas Day

CHRISTMAS DAY Read Luke 2:8-20 And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night.

There is something about this story which never grows old. God chose the shepherds to hear the gospel proclamation first. He sent the angelic choir in all of its majesty and splendor, to herald the good news. He provided a way for Joseph and Mary to get the child to the exact place where Old Testament prophecy could become reality. God allowed the animals in the manger to witness the miracle of miracles.

Shepherds and animals. Simple and sometimes a bit smelly, but they alone witness the magnificent. When is the last time you witnessed a miracle? When is the last time your dropped everything, your schedule, your busy agenda, your business concerns, even your religious traditions, so that you could witness first-hand something God was doing? God may have chosen shepherds because they were the only ones being still on the night Jesus was born. Maybe you need to be still and wait upon God too.

Pray for those who still have not heard the good news of the birth of Jesus Christ