Numbers 5-6, Luke 2: 1-20, Psalm 40: 1-6
Luke 2: 9-12 (ESV)
“And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of
the Lord shone around them, and they were filled with great fear. And the angel
said to them, “Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that
will be for all the people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David
a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. And this will be a sign for you: you will
find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.”
I’ve also loved these verses from Luke 2. It makes me wonder
how the shepherds felt and what they thought when the Angel started speaking to
them. Were they scared and freaked out? They
have been praying like all of Israel for a messiah for years, and now the angel
told them that the messiah was born. And this messiah was born in the most
humblest of circumstances because he was lying in a manger. I’m sure that is
not how they were expecting the messiah to be born. I’m trying to imagine myself
as a shepherd, who were in their day considered the poorest of people. They
were nobodies. Would I have believed what the angel was saying? I give the shepherds
so much credit. They didn’t doubt what the angel was said and they made their
way over to see the new messiah. These poor shepherds had so much faith.
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