This Day...

The shepherds are in the field watching their flock of sheep. How boring this must be. Shepherds were usually a young boy of a family having sheep. These sheep needed to wander so this occupation of being a shepherd was a lonely one and usually they were the member of the family which did not inherit land hence having this "job" enabled them to have an income but the opportunity to have a family was very slim. All they did was live in the wilderness, in the rocky areas and tend to their sheep's needs and brought them to market for milking and for shearing. One night, as they individually, in their own spots, stood watch over their sheep, the sky lit up. Picture it, put yourself in their situation. Imagine, you're at work, at school or driving your car. All of a sudden, the sky lights up and you hear an audible voice. You'd be "freaking out"!!! You hear this "voice" say, "Don't be afraid, I'm bringing you good news". PHHHHHEWWWWWW!!! You'd probably say. (Hopefully, by this time, you've pulled over if your driving.) What this good news is, is that "a baby is born"! "Now wait a minute....!" you're thinking to yourself. "So what a baby is born, unless it's mine, who cares!? This is MY "good news"?" The voice continues and says, "...unto you is born this day... a Saviour." You think to everything that's going on in the world:

• The price of gas is so high
• Just the essential food is becoming harder to buy
• Cancer is wide spread and killing our families
• the uproar in the middle East and Egypt
• Schools conditions and making children sick
• Spouses cheating and families destroyed
• Your loneliness in all this chaos

You think, "A Saviour?" Just like the shepherds had become immune to the thought of a child being born, we have become immune to the knowledge of their being a Saviour. The shepherds saw their sheep give birth many times, they would even assist and take care of both the mother and lamb. As we have seen the wooden crosses on the many churches and heard the name of Jesus and His story over and over but we've become separated, bored, immune and unable to be affected or changed by the "Saviour". Things happen in our life and although it might not be the sky lit up and an audible voice that speaks to us. It might be our family member who's dying of cancer or watching the desperate plea of the people in Egypt or maybe it's your heat that longs to belong to someone and desires to share your life with someone, THAT calls your attention and wants to tell you that a long time ago, a baby was born, a Saviour. He grew up, lived, just so that one day, He could be betrayed, tortured, beaten and literally hung with nails on a wooden cross to die. The only reason this all happen was so that He could save you. Save you from the pain of this world, save you from the yearning for peace and purpose... to save you from eternity in hell.

"... unto YOU is born... a Saviour"

• A- Accept you are a sinner and God is God.
• B-Believe He died on the cross to forgive you and save you.
• C-Confess you are a sinner and your sins
• D-Desire Him to be your Saviour and ask Him to come into your heart and save you.

I can only imagine what it must of been like, but I can live it today; He's my Saviour.