“There were shepherds abiding in the fields.”
These words from the Scriptures give me such comfort and peace. Notice that the Scriptures didn’t say that
the shepherds were worrying, troubled, downcast, forlorn or troubled. They were
out in the elements in the dark and yet they were not afraid. They were
abiding. These shepherds knew their jobs well, knew their surroundings
completely and knew their sheep as well as their predators. They weren’t
looking for somewhere else to be or a better job or to outdo one another. They
were abiding.
Now when the Angel of the Lord appeared they
became “afraid”. They had been raised, probably by shepherds, to be shepherds.
Yet on this particular night the unusual happened. Something out of the
ordinary happened and it rocked their world.
But they listened and the angel was joined by a heavenly host and they
had a worship service right there in the field! Not only did they worship, they
left what they knew and went to experience what they had never known before.
They left the safety of their everyday world for the unknown. Because they were willing to leave behind the
status quo they were able to go and worship Christ, the newborn king. They went from abiding in the fields to
abiding in Him.
Oh beloved, are you experiencing the ordinary
in your life? Are you abiding and resting in the everyday occurrences that you
know so well? Have you been wondering if there could be more than this? Maybe you’re afraid that if you let go of the well-known
you’ll be all alone. Fear not! For God
Himself wants to visit your world! He wants to take what you know and give you
revelation knowledge of Him! He wants you to visit the Christ fresh and new and
worship Him with your whole heart! You may remain in your same life, but it
will be oh so changed as Christ puts His seal on your life. His greatest desire
is that your worship will lead to new horizons for He has such wonderful,
extraordinary plans for you!
Let Him guide you beyond yourself and into
His realm. Let Him love you like you’ve never been loved before and let Him
take care of you as you follow Him with all your heart. There’s no safer place
than following the Lord of Heaven and Earth! It is beyond your wildest
imagination.
Luke 2:20 The shepherds went back to their
flocks, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen. It was
just as the angel had told them.
1 Peter 3:15 Instead, you must worship Christ as Lord of
your life. And if someone asks about your Christian hope, always be ready to
explain it.
Psalm 29:2 Honor the LORD for the glory of His name. Worship
the LORD in the splendor of His holiness.
Colossians 2:6 And now, just as you accepted
Christ Jesus as your Lord, you must continue to follow Him.
Psalm 34:7 For the angel of the LORD is a guard; He
surrounds and defends all who fear Him.
Psalm 84:1-2,10 How lovely is your dwelling
place, O Lord of Heaven’s Armies. I
long, yes, I faint with longing to enter the courts of the Lord. With my whole being, body and soul, I will
shout joyfully to the living God. A single day in your courts is better than a
thousand anywhere else!
No comments:
Post a Comment