ADVENT DEVOTIONS FOR FAMILY AND PERSONAL WORSHIP

Saturday, December 20 Read Luke 2:8-20

... shepherds were staying out in the fields and keeping watch at night over their flock.

There is something about this story which never grows old. God chose the shepherds to hear the gospel proclamation first. He sent the angelic choir in all of its majesty and splendour, to herald the good news. He provided a way for Joseph and Mary to get the child to the exact place where Old Testament prophecy could become reality. God allowed the animals in the manger to witness the miracle of miracles.

Shepherds and animals. Simple and sometimes a bit smelly, but they alone witness the magnificent. When is the last time you witnessed a miracle? When is the last time you dropped everything, your schedule, your busy agenda, your business concerns, even your religious traditions, so that you could witness first-hand something God was doing?

God may have chosen the shepherds because they were the only ones being still onh the night Jesus was born. Maybe you need to be still and wait upon God too.

Pray for those who still have not heard the good news of the birth of Jesus Christ.