The shepherds were not high status citizens and were minding their own business. No advertising or marketing agency would even suggest that the angels should announce the birth of the King of kings to the caretakers of sheep. God’s way of moving in the world was clearly demonstrated with the shepherds. Power politics, resume credibility, or privileged social status weee ignored. It’s foolish to think God has changed His way of doing business today. His upside down principle is often unseen, but has a multiplying effect far beyond any other type of investment.
. “A fool is a fool because he hears his foolishness and thinks it's wisdom. So it's true of you and me and everyone else who has ever lived that sin turns us into fools. We see the world upside down and inside out. We have the sad ability to hear foolishness and think it's wisdom, to mistake falsehood for the truth, and to confuse right and wrong.... Every time you buy into the delusion of independent wisdom, righteousness, and strength, you are telling yourself that you can live quite well without the presence, power, and grace of the One who made you. Every day you live without God in your thoughts and his glory as your motivation, you functionally deny the existence of God.” - Paul David Tripp, Come, Let Us Adore Him: A Daily Advent Devotional
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