For all the people

The Christmas Story found in Luke 2, includes an encounter of the angel of the LORD and the shepherds, who were watching over their flocks out in the field. I remember my very first part in any play was as a shepherd in a Christmas play. While I played several parts in that particular play, small church, I will never forget the first line I ever spoke in any play, "What, morning already?"

Can you imagine the shepherds out in the fields, tending their sheep, with no idea that GOD had come to earth in human form, and the angel of the LORD was letting them in on it. As a matter of fact, the Great News was being announced to them FIRST! And, Great News it was...

Today's word is Luke 2:10, ESV, which reads, "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.'"

The lowly shepherds, the working class of working classes, were in on the good news! GOD didn't send His Son for some select group of people, some select group that met certain criteria. NO, He sent His Son, the SAVIOR of the world, "for all the people," including me. Isn't it amazing that GOD cares that much for everyone?

The Good News of JESUS CHRIST is just as relevant and needed today as it has ever been. People need to know that there is a loving and caring GOD that made a way for them to be right with Him. We can't do it on our own merit. We can't do anything to earn it. We could never pay enough to buy it. It is the gift of GOD, and it is for all the people!

Be Blessed,
Mickey T