Luke 2:8 ” And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night.”

For a moment, put yourself out on that grassy mountainside next to a campfire as you take your turn watching for wild animals that might attack the flocks.  Some of your fellow shepherds are dosing…some quietly talking….when suddenly this brilliant being stands in front of you,  declaring the Messiah has come!  And before you can even start to take this in… a great company of heavenly host appear.  It would be like bottling every flash of lightning that’s ever happened…and then turning them all loose at the same time!  And as if that wasn’t enough, these heavenly beings perform a song for you…saying, “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom His favor rests.”   But as quickly as they appeared…they disappear…and you’re left to collect your wits and take a deep breath, all the while thinking about what you’ve just witnessed. Someone suggests traveling down to Bethlehem to see if this is true…and so off you go.  And sure enough, just as the angel said,  you find this tiny baby in a cattle stall… sleeping in a hay filled manger.  So what do you do with all this good news?  You have to tell others about what you saw and heard, right?  That’s when common, uneducated men boldly started declaring the fulfillment of God’s Word…and when lowly shepherds told others about the coming of the Good Shepherd.

Author: kezha1

A Christian mother, grandmother, and retired nurse living in Illinois. Called into a ministry of encouraging others to find their ultimate plan and purpose in life through Christ. View all posts by kezha1