A Day at Work

"And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them." Luke 2:8-9

It was just another day at work for the shepherds. We can relate as we face our work days with routine and consistency. We know what needs to be done, the same pleasantries will be exchanged and we wonder if any difference at all is being made. We look at those who have been given authority over us and wonder what guarded knowledge they possess as they make decisions regarding our lives. Usually, these are people who have been privy to precious and valuable information...not the case with the birth of Christ.

God chose to appear to his humble servants who were out in the fields caring for others. God seems to enjoy both choosing and appearing to the simple man with simple duties in life. He could have chosen the king of that time to herald in the Messiah. Word would have certainly gotten out more quickly but God always blesses those who love Him and seek Him. My commentary states that 'And is there not a world of meaning in the fact that it was very ordinary people, busy about very ordinary tasks, whose eyes first saw the glory of the coming of the Lord? It means, first, that the place of duty, however humble, is the place of vision. And it means, secondly, that it is the men who have kept to the deep simple pieties of life and have not lost the child heart to whom the gates of the Kingdom most readily open.'

No matter what we have been chosen to do on any given day, in any given town, it is at the Lord's choosing and we will be recipients of His visions. No task is too small or too unimportant when we are pursuing a life with Christ.

And the glory of the Lord will shine around us!