After
living through this amazing experience, they began to tell others about God’s
great message concerning the child. Each person who heard was astonished. They
all wondered about what all this meant to them. (Luke 2: 17-18)
God’s work is to communicate through signs
and to provide for His people. Paul says you are what God makes; His work
(Ephesians 2:10). So then, you are a sign, and a provision for God’s people. As
you are affected, it is to affect others. As the anointed one, Jesus was
created and gave His life for you. As God makes you with His transforming
power, you – being transformed – will become an agent of His transforming work.
As He has given you signs and experiences leading to that change, you will be
made to be a sign for others. Your life will communicate God’s truth to your
people.
Scripture tells that the shepherds went away
from Bethlehem changed; prepared to work with, and to be the work of, God. And
you see that, as a result, other people were changed too. They were astonished.
They wondered. They understood this was not just a fabulous story told by
deranged shepherds. Armed with God’s truth, their passionate communication led
to transformation.
That is God’s plan for you as well. Your
action, upon God’s call to you, prepares you to be a part of His work in others
through your continued obedience to Him. You are His sign. You are His mission.
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