A Bondservant's Musings

As I wrote on Christmas in the first of a series of Christmas posts, the question facing every one of us is "How will you respond to the Savior?" Today we look at the shepherds' response to the Christ child as recorded in Luke 2:8-20. The announcement came to the shepherds while they were at work in the fields. ... there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, (Luke 2:8) Their initial response to the glory of the Lord was fear. This is different than fear as our world thinks of it now. A right relationship with God starts here. "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom." Wait, why should I fear a loving God? Because He is God and I am not. He is the Creator. I am the created. He is righteous, holy (i.e., set apart) and just and cannot and will not overlook sin. If you remember from Romans 3:23 and 6:23 from my previous post, as sinners, we all have plenty to fear in the pr