Prayer: Come, Lord Jesus, into my life and into the life of Your world.
Scripture Reading: Luke 2:8-11
And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shown around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. Today in the town of David, a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord.”
Devotional: Notice to whom the good news of Christ among us was shared. There were the foreigners, people of the wrong nation or nationality, and of the wrong religion. Now these shepherds – the lowest of the lowest socioeconomic group in the society. Not the powerful or prominent, not the celebrities or the political leaders, but with the lowest of the lowly. If this happened today, who might some of these people be – the poorest of the poor? How about the people who work in a car wash facility or collect our garbage or mow our yards or keep our houses?
Why would God choose these kinds of people to receive this history-shattering news? Could it be because the Gospel represents the great equalizer of God in this world of unequals? Could it be that we are restored to intimate fellowship with God, not because of anything we achieve or accomplish in this life, but through faith in God's gracious love for each and all of us in Jesus Christ?
Jesus is the Great Equalizer, and faith in Him is that which dissolves our differences in this world, and presents us naked before God's throne clothed only in Jesus Christ.
Prayer: Come, Lord Jesus.
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