Morning Moments

Luke 2:9 And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.

The angel came to them in the night and scared the stew out of them apparently. Wait just a minute. Put yourself in the place of these shepherds. Here they are in the middle of nowhere on a beautiful moonlite night, guarding their sheep from theives and threats of wild animals, and suddenly out heaven appears this angel surrounded by a light (shone) of somekind that caused them to sense the awesome presence of the God of Heaven and Earth. Now I don't care if they were in church every time the doors opened and they ushered, sang in the choir, taught Sunday school or whatever, this was something the likes of which they could not even imagine.

Now get real, wouldn't that scare the bejebbies out of you too? Sometimes I wonder if we get so dull of hearing these precious truths that they don't move us at all. But THIS MOVES ME this morning!

Here am I with only the light of my computer in this dark bedroom, early in the morning, knowing my dogs and my wife are sleeping. I am focused on this blog and praying that God will use me to speak to your heart as He speaks to mine and all of a sudden there is a bright light in my room. I know my wife did not wake and switch the light on. I know I have never seen light like this. I know that I am trusting God but WOW, I don't know whether to fall on my face, get under my desk, or run. Now if you can see that, then maybe you can see why these guys might have been SORE afraid.

So here are the shapherd TENDING the sheep now TREMBLING in fear. Get the picture? You see, sometimes we are so accustomed to the mundain, we need a real miracle to wake us, shake us, and make us pay closer attention to God. So today, as you go about your mineal tasks, watch out:) God may just bring the message of Christmas to you in a fresh and new way:) Merry CHRISTmas!

PRAYER: Precious Jesus, please, please, please don't ever let me get so stuck in the rut of my theology and the record of their experience that I cannot see and sense your present PRESENCE in my life.