The angel of the Lord announced to some sleepy shepherds in Luke 2:11,“For today in the city of David there has been born to for you a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.” Messiah had come! But how would the shepherds know that they had come to the right place and had found the right baby? The angel tells them in verse 12: “This will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.” As we think about the arrival (or advent) of Christ, it’s hard to imagine amore humble setting than the context surrounding His birth in Bethlehem. This word for manger is found two other times in Luke 2 and it refers to a stone feeding trough used by animals. Jesus was and is the King of kings and Lord of lords so why was royalty placed in a trough? We see the reason in verse 7: “because there was no room for them in the inn.” This wasn’t some randommisfortune that they couldn’t find an available guest room. No, this was God’s plan from the very beginning. God took on flesh and this king was one who came not for the Pharisees or the spiritually elite. He didn’t come for the wise or the understanding, but to the humble in heart—the broken sinner like you and me. DECEMBER 1 4 ...and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross. COLOSSIANS 1 :20 “
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