Luke 2:20 New International Version (NIV)
20 The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising
God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they
had been told.
Can you imagine the shepherds returning to their flocks
after the night they had? They had seen God's glory. They had experienced the
presence of angels. They had seen the newborn King, the promised Messiah, the
Savior of the world. Even more amazing, it was just as they had been told. As
amazing as the angel's words of announcement had been, they were gloriously
fulfilled. In addition to all that Jesus was at the moment of his birth, he is
also the absolute answer to God's greatest promises and the greatest assurance
that God keeps his word. Incredibly, God had chosen shepherds, unnamed to us
and unimportant to their peers, to be the witnesses and participants in God's
glorious story of salvation. It is our Father's way of reminding us that no
matter who we are, Jesus came for us because we are important to him!
Thought for today: Do I really understand the magnitude of the
promised Christ?
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