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First Christmas Messaging

If you had an important message to share, who would you share it with to insure that the message gets out?  

The political leaders?

The religious leaders?

The rich?

The powerful?

To those with the greatest influence?

The people who have access to modes of communication?

Just my impressions, but it seems to me that:

If you sent it to the political leaders, they might use it for political gain.

If you sent it to the religious leaders, they might filter it to reflect their views.

If you sent it to the rich, they might leverage it for financial gain.

If you sent it the powerful, they might use it to further consolidate their power.

If you sent it to those with the greatest influence, they might use it advance their agenda.

If you sent it to those who have access to modes of communication, they might shape it fit their optics.

The message was this:  And the angel said to them, “Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people.”  (Luke 2:10)

The “them” was a bunch of shepherds.  At that time, shepherds were on the low end of the social economic ladder.  They spent most of their time with animals and probably didn’t have much of a voice in society.  Yet, these are the very ones to whom the message of the arrival of a Savior was first shared.  

And look at the shepherds handled the message:  “And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, as it had been told them.”  (Luke 2:20)

While the other people described above might have been an obvious first choice, the message might not have gone forth in its intended form.  But the shepherds received it, believed it and acknowledged it as it had been told to them.  Proof once again that God’s messaging is always best.

 

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