Luke 2:13 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying: "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, goodwill toward men!"
The sheep were quietly sleeping, the shepherds were probably sitting round a camp fire keeping warm while they watched over the flock through the night. All seemed totally normal and they weren't expecting anything out of the ordinary. When suddenly.....!
God had been planning this moment for centuries! He had said it was coming through many prophets for literally ages, and amazingly the message came to the ordinary working man first. He didn't go to the palace or High Priests to announce the birth of Jesus because He wanted the ordinary man to know first that there was hope and reconciliation with God that would change his world forever and He used angels to tell them.
The shepherds suddenly had angelic beings surrounding them and the amazing thing is, we do too! Hebrews 1:14 tells us that angels are assigned to each one of us who are being saved by Jesus and they are here to protect us and perform God's word which we speak from our mouths. (Psalm 103:20)
They only had angels for a few awe inspiring moments. We have angels to come to our aid all the time! (Psalm 91) and we sometimes entertain angels without realising it when we show hospitality to strangers.(Hebrews 13:2)
God has assigned angels to each one of us for a reason, because He knows we need them and the ability and power they have to help us. What a wonderful thought.
As we begin a new week things may seem very ordinary, but we can know for sure they're not, because we have angels by our side working for us and protecting us all the time. God has wonderful 'suddenlies' coming to us too that He has been planning for a very long time.😊 Woohoo. We receive that. Thank You Lord!
Enjoy your Christmas week everybody.x
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