Anticipating His Advent #18

We are in Luke 2, in the middle of the Incarnation Story, where the shepherds have just received the message that the Savior of the World, the Christ of the Jews, the Lord Who keeps His covenant, has just arrived on planet earth, just on the other side of town. The angel chorus then provided a musical interlude to let it soak in.  We ended yesterday with the question: What are we going to do with that information? What did the shepherds do with that information?

15 When the angels went away from them into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let us go over to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us.” 

First, they talked to each other.  They did not keep their religious life to themselves? This is a group of guys here - not a ladies' book club - yet, they seriously talked about this. Do we? Secondly they came up with a plan: let's go! There was no fretting about the sheep, or wondering if it was worth the sandal sole; they said: "Let's go!" Why? They knew the Lord had revealed this message to them, and when He tells us something, it is not simply to increase our intelligence; He tells us things so we will act upon them. God reveals Himself, His plan, His intentions ti invoke a response from us? How are we responding this Advent?