Daily Devotions

Luke 2:8-20 And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. 9 And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid. 10 And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. 11 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. 12 And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. 13 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, 14 Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men. 15 And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us. 16 And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger. 17 And when they had seen it, they made known abroad the saying which was told them concerning this child. 18 And all they that heard it wondered at those things which were told them by the shepherds. 19 But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart. 20 And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them.

These are very familiar verses to most people as the event of the Messiah of Israel and Savior of men is told to the shepherds in the hills surrounding Bethlehem. In these verses we see the primary interest of Jesus Christ throughout His earthly ministry, souls. It was announced to the shepherds that a savior was born and that is what they went to find in Bethlehem, a savior. From manger to the cross Jesus was interested in souls. That being true, what then should be the primary interest of those who receive Him as their savior? Shouldn’t our interest be in souls as well? Now we cannot spend all our time soul winning, no person can. We need time to rest, time to work, time for family, time to worship the Lord, we have other things to do. But we should as Christians be interested in souls. How disappointed our Lord must be in the condition of the church today and the interest of His children. Few churches have a soul winning program, a door to door witnessing program, and those that do find few people interested in going out. When we look to see what is wrong with the church today the first area we should look at is the burden, or lack of burden for the lost. From manger to the grave Jesus was interested in souls. His is our example and He is one we should follow.

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