Come Into the Lives of Unbelievers
When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child.
Luke 2:17
What would it take to fill you with this kind of joy and amazement—the kind that would take you into the streets to stop total strangers?
We don’t get excited about much anymore. We have access to special effects. We’ve seen wonders. We’ve hovered above the sky, zoomed along the water. We touch buttons and someone across the country packs a box and ships it to our front door.
What does this baby in a meager manger offer that we can’t get?
We live with the world at our fingertips but struggle to find rest. We have more than most and yet we grapple for peace. We have abundance but no joy.
That little baby was and is the way to eternal rest, peace with God, abundant joy. So many people are looking in all the wrong places, and too often we’re too preoccupied to notice or care.
Prayer:
God, help this year to be different. Fill me with the zeal of the shepherds who heard and saw and went and told. Remind me of the eternal consequences of staying quiet and open my mouth to declare your praise. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
Written by Amber Albee Swenson
Provided by WELS Women’s Ministry
