Hard to Keep In
And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, as it had been told them (Luke 2:20).
Have you ever received a Christmas gift that made you so excited you had a hard time trying to contain your joy? Did you have to tell someone about it because you were so excited?
On that first Christmas, the shepherds received an angelic announcement that the Savior had been born, and upon finding the Christ child, they were filled with joy. The excitement they had over this fulfilled promise caused them to return to their homes glorifying God β they could not keep in their joy!
Again, this Christmas, the Lord is reassuring us that our Savior has been born. In this child, all the promises of eternal salvation are fulfilled in His subsequent death and resurrection. In Jesus, we find unending life and light. May that great news fill us with so much joy that we find it hard to keep in this Christmas and, like the shepherds, excitedly share our joy: Christ, the Savior is born!
