01.01.06. FIRST FRIDAY OF ADVENT

FIRST FRIDAY OF ADVENT Read Psalms 23:1-6 The Lord is my shepherd.

Why do you suppose God revealed the birth of His Son to the shepherds first? Had it been up to us, we might have been inclined to send the announcement to the president of the Pharisees, the editor of the Jerusalem News, or perhaps the "movers and shakers" of Palestine.

Maybe God selected the shepherds because they were the ones who most resembled his caring nature. Read the Psalm again paying attention to the way God cares for you. God cares for us when no one else does. He knows our weaknesses, He provides for our well-being, He protects us from danger.

If Christ’s first coming were today is your heart such that God would select you to be the first to hear the good news? Are you so close in your resemblance to him that He’d risk letting you in on the greatest news of all?

Read this great passage again as a part of your prayer today. Pray each line of this Psalm back to God acknowledging His care for you. Finally, make a commitment to Him in response to His shepherdly care for you.