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[The angel said:] “And this will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.” And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying, “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among those with whom He is pleased!” (Luke 2:12-14)
I love the way it happens that, as soon as the first angel stops speaking, suddenly a huge number of angels fill the sky and praise God for sending us Jesus, our Savior. It’s as if they could barely wait to start singing their joy over the wonderful good news God sent them to proclaim.
You can hear the joy in their words: “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace.” They are delighted, they are overjoyed, that God has done such a wonderful thing for us—the sinful, broken human beings who turned against God so long ago and then could never find our way back to Him again. But now God has made a way back—through this tiny baby, who is both God and Man, and who is our promised Savior. Because of Jesus’ suffering, death, and resurrection, the angels knew with absolute certainty that our people would someday rejoin the angels and all creation in loving and enjoying God forever.
And we can share the angels’ joy whenever we get to tell the good news of Jesus to someone who has never heard or believed it—a friend, a family member, a next-door neighbor. Because God is in Christ, reconciling the world to Himself, and calling us home to Himself in love.
WE PRAY: Dear Father, thank You for giving us Your Son Jesus! Amen.
Reflection Questions:
- When did you bring anyone good news of any sort?
- How did you feel about doing that?
- How do you think Jesus feels about being our good news, the One who saves us?
Advent Devotions were written by Dr. Kari Vo.
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