An Epic Celebration: The Heavenly Host
Read: Luke 2:8-20
It’s the night of the big show. The choir is dressed in its shining finest. The music has been honed to perfection since the beginning of time. This performance will be epic, a celebration of the greatest moment in human history: the arrival of the Savior.
And where is this angelic choir scheduled to perform? At a majestic concert hall or to an audience of earthly kings? No, the army of angels descends in the dark to a scraggly hillside outside a small town, to perform for a group of shepherds gathered around a campfire as their sheep graze nearby. “Fear not,” one angel says. “I bring 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.”
Needless to say, shepherds weren’t exactly the cultural elite of the time. You can imagine what more “proper” folk would say about a bunch of guys who spent most of their time taking care of animals. Yet this was the first audience to hear the news of God’s Son’s arrival on earth. The Lord of hosts sent His army to sing, “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased!”
Reflect
Have you overlooked people who could use the Good News?
Pray about It
Ask God to help you see what He sees—the people around you who are just as much in need of God’s love as you are.