Angels at Work

Luke 2:16

“So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph and the Baby, who was lying in the manger.”

The night air was crisp, smelling of sheep, damp wool, and wild grass. Shepherds were the forgotten ones, men with stained tunics and calloused hands, doing the work nobody else wanted. But God has a way of choosing the overlooked to show the overflowing.

One moment, they were staring at sheep; the next, they were squinting at eternity. There was a multitude of angels that pointed them toward a village, and promised a King. So they hurried. They ran.

And what did they find? Just a tired mother, a quiet carpenter, and a tiny, squinting infant tucked into a feed trough.

In the eyes of the world, it was ordinary. Babies are born every hour. But the shepherds didn’t see “ordinary.” They saw God’s wonder! Because they took God at His word. The Lord had said it was great, and for them, that was good enough.

Is it good enough for you?

You might feel like your life is stuck in the “ordinary.” You feel alone, or perhaps you feel the weight of your own failures. But God whispers over your mundane moments: “I am with you. I hear you. I love you.”

The Good News doesn’t require a spectacle to be true; it only requires a heart willing to listen. If God said it, you can bank on it.

I’m Lonnie Davis, and these are thoughts worth thinking.