THE SHEPHERDS' WITNESS

 

THE SHEPHERDS’ WITNESS

Luke 2:17,18a  Then the shepherds told everyone what had happened and what the angel had said to them about this child.  All who heard their story were astonished…

     The shepherds had just been a part of the greatest event in all of history—the Messiah had come to earth!  They had seen angels in the sky announcing it and had gone to the manger and seen it.  The long, awaited event had finally happened and God allowed them to be eyewitnesses of it.  As you might imagine, their lives were forever changed. 

      What did they do?  They went out and told whoever would listen what they had heard and seen.  They could not be silent.  God had intervened in their lives in such a profound way that they just had to share the good news with everyone.  There was no lack of people to share their story with.  Bethlehem was full to overflowing with people who had come to be registered for the census, a people who desperately needed the Lord.

      Have you ever told anyone about what the Lord has done for you?  If not, why not?  How can you not want to share your story of God’s touch with others?  Don’t you see the masses around you?  Don’t you know that they desperately need the Lord? 

       Those who heard the shepherds’ story were astonished by what they heard.  It was the most amazing news they had ever heard.  There are people everywhere around you who will be likewise astonished if you were to tell them.  There are people who are ready to hear what the Lord has done for you, a people who just like you, will never be the same once they hear the good news of what the Lord has done for you.

        The shepherds were forever changed, yet much remained the same.  They returned to their flocks and resumed what they had always done, shepherded their sheep.  God uses us where we are at if we will but let Him use our mouths and lives to witness for Him.