Suddenly, I love that idea. I have been trying to visualize this activity today. What would it have been like to be present when the magnitude of the heavenly host suddenly appeared? I like how God gave a very unique confirmation to the one angel's words. It was like, BAM there it is. TODAY JESUS IS BORN! God excels in the surprise arena.
If you look with a keen eye concerning the events where God showed up in scripture, you would find that it is in the most surprising ways and in the most unexpected places—once again here in this birth announcement to a group of shepherds, God shows up and then really shows up to give to these simple herdsmen the message of the ages.
There are two ideas we can take away with us from this passage. The first is simple. God cares so much for us that He chose to redeem us through His Son Jesus. Surprise, we did not deserve His grace or gift; yet in His plan for us He gave everything to us in the least expected places and in the most unusual circumstances so that we might have hope in our life through Him.
The second is that all of heaven is excited about what God has done. There is no surprise here. Creation was broken at the fall of Adam, and God has been preparing for this exact moment to spring upon us the greatest news ever recorded. In fact, the news was so big that one angel could not contain it all. God sent a multitude of the Heavenly Host to remove any doubt that this event was real and that God was about to emerge in the form of a little baby, the Savior of the world.
Now here is the challenge: put yourself in the scene. Which part of the performance do you want to behold? Grab hold of it and play this story out with gusto.
See you tomorrow for scene three!
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