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Go Tell It On the Mountain.

Go Tell It On the Mountain, over the Hills and everywhere; Go tell it on the Mountain Jesus Christ is Born.  (An old American Slave Spiritual)

I love this song.  My second grade class worked on perfecting it for days so we could sing it for our parents in the Christmas program.  I still start singing loud and strong when it comes on the radio.

The first people who went to tell others about Jesus was the Shepherds.

Luke 2

15 And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us.

16 And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger.

17 And when they had seen it, they made known abroad the saying which was told them concerning this child.

Those Shepherds heard the words of the angel and they headed to Bethlehem to see for themselves.  Once they found Jesus, they left the place and told others about the baby and about what the angles had said.
Can you imagine their story?
” We were out in the fields when we heard Angels praising God and saying the Messiah was born.”
And those listening were thinking, “so you heard angels–okay”
“And we ran into Bethlehem where they told us.  There he was.  He was wrapped in cloths and laying in a trough.”
The Messiah, the one coming to save Israel, is sleeping in an animal food trough.  Born to a couple who were sleeping in a stable.  I doubt many people believed them.  Yet, the experience so excited the Shepherds, they told everyone what the angels had said.  They could not be silent.
Prayer:  Give me that level of excitement about all you have done.
Meditation:  I love Jesus. So why am I silent so often.  Jesus intervenes in my life and does so much for me.  So why don’t I tell others what He has done.
Action: When God acts in my life, tell others rather than keeping it a secret.

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