I apologize for not posting the last few days. Having company and being sick have kinda slowed me down on the important things in life. (Such as posting on the blog! :)) I apologize that today's post is shorter... As you probably gathered from the title, today's post will be about the Shepherds. I always loved this portion of the Christmas story because it clearly shows the majesty, yet humility of Christ's birth. The king of the universe has just entered the world and the whole universe is caught up in the drama. God Himself has come as a baby! As far as my human understanding goes, I would have chosen the powerful, rich, and influential people as the first to know about the Lord's birth. Surely more honor and glory would be given to God if they were chosen to be the ones to worship God. However, God, knowing best, chose the poorest of the poor...the most humble and downcast...the shepherds. God shows no partiality! It's the same for us, isn't it? We were the lowest of the low...dead in sin...yet he plucked us out of our helplessness and chose US to be part of the few that worshipped Him. God came to this earth in the most humble way possible, yet not even this could fully conceal His majesty and glory. We see a clear picture of this when the thousands upon thousands of angels are seen by the very same Shepherds, praising God.
Rejoice this Christmas season that God does not show partiality. He has chosen us to worship Him....and Him alone. We don't deserve to have God's love revealed to us, but because of his birth, we can.
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aaaah...so true.
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!
If the rich had been told first, the poor would never had access to Jesus.
That God shows no partiality is pictured so beautifully in the story of the shepherds! I also like how the three kings came as well as the shepherds- it shows that everyone, the high and the lowly, can come to Jesus.
Good thought Gypsy. I always marvel how the Lord of all, the Highest of High came for ALL. The poor beggars, to the great kings. He came ONCE, for ALL people from his time, to the future.
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