The Shepherds Take Off

^"When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, 'Let's go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about.'"  Luke 2:15

It's amazing to me that these shepherds, these inconsequential non-members of society, weren't content to sit with what they knew.  They might have not been educated or wealthy, but they were smart enough to know that something amazing had happened, and they wanted to be a part of it!  They didn't doubt for one minute that they had heard from God.  They didn't take time to organize a committee or map out a plan.  They took action - look at the verbs that they used.  "Go!"  "See!"  Those are action words!

Perhaps another reason God chose to use shepherds was because they were transient.  They were able to spontaneously take off, unworried about the sheep and focused on finding this baby.  They didn't have to pack anything - not that they had anything to pack anyway - and all they wanted to do was see what the Lord had told them about.

Are you ready?  Are you unhindered by physical, emotional, and mental baggage, so that when God calls you to see, you are able to go?  So often we are worried about God calling us to "do" something.  Yet what is more likely is that God is calling us to "see" something that He is doing.  Yes, many times when we see what God is doing, we are impassioned to get involved.  But it's not about our doing.  It's about His.

Live today this way.  Make a choice to be willing to be unencumbered, so that when God has something for you to see, your eyes will be open to see it.  We've got one more day with the shepherds - tomorrow we'll see how they responded to seeing the Christ child.