As mentioned, the birth of Jesus wouldn't have been in the headlines, and the shepherds certainly wouldn't have been expected to be the first to discover the birth of the Messiah of the world. Think about it -- Jesus Christ was going to completely upend society, changing the lives of billions of people in the years to come. No one had ever been born that would change the world like this, and the first people to hear about it... were tending sheep at night on the outskirts of town.
Is that how you would announce it? This is not human wisdom -- it is beyond our grasp. No one would design the story like this, no one would make this up, and yet the story persists, because it is true. And because it is true, every single person should wrestle with its implications on their lives.
So when things happen in the world that we cannot make sense of, may our reaction be curiosity to know how God might be at work. We might not understand it, but that doesn't mean that God is not in the midst of it all.
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