The Shepherds’ Perspective of Christmas

​Are you ready for Christmas yet? We have about two weeks to go. Everybody is so busy buying presents that we might be forgetting what the real reason for the season is. 

I want to personally invite you to our service on Sunday morning at 10 AM. We are going to look at the Shepherds’ perspective of Christmas. 

I imagine that the people who would have been most shocked to receive an invitation to meet with the long-expected Messiah would have been the shepherds. Surely, they must have thought the Messiah deserved visitors of a higher caliber! Would there not be kings or queens, emperors or landowners who would be more worthy of visiting Jesus? I can imagine that the invitation from the angels was one that they could hardly believe.

Yet the shepherds heard this great pronouncement of the newborn Messiah, and they received the extraordinary invitation to meet with Jesus. And they said to one another, “Let’s go!” The shepherds could have declined the invitation. They could have declared themselves unworthy of meeting the Messiah, but they chose to say yes to the invitation of Jesus. They had the faith to follow, to go and meet with their Savior, their Messiah, Jesus.

The shepherds in the Christmas story can teach us lessons, including:

Jesus came for all people
The shepherds were the first to proclaim the good news of Jesus, and their story shows that Jesus came for everyone, regardless of their social standing.

God uses the humble
The shepherds' story shows that God delights in using the humble to produce great glory for himself.

We can respond in faith
The shepherds' story shows that we do not need to have all the answers, but we can respond in faith to God's invitation.

We should share the Good News
The shepherds' story shows that we should share the Good News with others, just as the shepherds did.

We should respond to the message
The shepherds were amazed by the message, but they responded by going to meet Mary, Joseph, and the baby Jesus. 

These shepherds can be considered the first evangelists who proclaimed the good news about Jesus to those around them.

This Christmas Jesus is inviting you to meet with him once again. The Christmas story is not just an ancient tale that we read about once a year. Nor is it simply a story that teaches us timeless truths. Rather, it is an ongoing invitation to meet with Jesus, experience his presence and live in relationship with him. And that invitation is extended to you afresh this Christmastime.

Make Every Day Count!

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