If there was a more unlikely bunch of people to be used of God…it would have been the shepherds. They were men from the other side of the tracks, despised, and often rendered unclean by the priests…a group of misfits and social outcasts who would probably prefer to talk to a herd dog than a human. But yet, this humble group were chosen of God to receive the most powerful news in human history…the birth of Jesus. These unnamed men were first-hand witnesses to the brilliant night show as the heavenly host of angels broke out in song announcing Christ’s birth. They were also the first to see the star that led them to the manger in Bethlehem. In the world’s eyes they were marginalized & scorned as worthless…but in God’s eyes, their job description actually became the whole of Jesus’ ministry…”I am the good shepherd.” (John 10:11)
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