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“Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying, “Glory to God in the highest heaven,  and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests.”  Luke 2:13-14 (NIV)

My two year old grandson and I are having a great time playing with his Fisher Price Nativity and reenacting the story of the miraculous birth of Jesus. We have the little angel, and she sings to the lone shepherd in the set and then he has him run to the stable to see Baby Jesus. We talk about how there were lots of angels and they were singing loudly and excitedly!

I was thinking about why the angels were singing and why God included this detail in His Word. He said, “Suddenly a great company of the Heavenly host appeared…:”  I can imagine these angels were bursting at Heaven’s door to come to the Earth to celebrate the arrival of Jesus. They missed Him. They had never known Heaven without Him.

When Jesus willingly agreed to take on our humanity and grow as a tiny baby in Mary’s womb, He was apart from the angels. He was 100% God as He allowed Himself to become 100% man. He allowed Himself to be a baby, without any ability to take care of His own needs. He allowed Himself to be under the submission of two imperfect people. He allowed Himself to be mistreated and questioned and humiliated.   He allowed Himself to leave His Father and the place where He was known for who He is-God Almighty, King of Kings and Lord of Lords. He allowed Himself to leave the place where the angels worshiped Him. He allowed Himself to leave perfection.

As we celebrate our Christmas this year, let us pause and think about the sacrificial love that Jesus had for each one of us. We can barely fathom what He truly gave up all because we were on His mind.

The angels knew who He was and they could not wait to celebrate Him and let everyone know He had come!

May we celebrate this beautiful season, may we let everyone we know why we are celebrating, and may we pause and acknowledge His overwhelming love for each of us.

For His Glory

Terrie Tollerson
TRBC Women’s Life

Praying you and your family have a glorious Christmas. Women’s Life devotionals will resume on December 30.  Merry Christmas!