If angels are anything like humans, I imagine they were bursting with excitement over what God had just done. In just one moment, the earthlings were now hosting Heaven's Greatest! In the flesh! They would get to have Him and have access to God the Father through Him! What a gift! What a treasure! We've got to tell everyone!
So God told them they could give the news to one small group of guys: shepherds, living out in the fields with a bunch of sheep.
Shepherds. Why do you suppose God picked shepherds?
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Gotta Tell Somebody
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I think back then being a shepherd was considered a lowly job. God may have chosen them to show that this great gift is for all people, no matter what their station in life. I don't think it would have seemed as precious if the angels had appeared to a wealthy businessman, or a prince. I also don't know if anyone else would have rushed to find the child as these shepherds did. God obviously knew that they were special.
David, a man after God's own heart, was also a shepherd.
I found this on the Internet...
"One of the most important occupations recorded in the scriptures is that the shepherd. Although the literal keeping of sheep was not particularly important in itself, attributes of this occupation lend it to be an important symbol. Perhaps the best recognized example of a symbolic shepherd is in the son of God, Jesus. In John 10:11, Jesus spoke of himself, “I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.”"
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