At that time, there were scholars of great intellect, rulers of great power of command but their ears were not the first to hear the good news of the Savior’s birth. The first to hear “Glory to God in the highest” were the Shepherds. The angels came to little people, little shepherds.

1. Shepherds were usually the youngest of the family.

2. Shepherds didn’t have much knowledge of things other than sheep.

3. Shepherds lived a simple life.

None of the elite was chosen to carry the babe in her womb, but rather a simple poor girl of Nazareth. Mary was a girl, not a queen. It was not a king or ruler that was His adoptive father but rather a lowly carpenter called Joseph. One of the most encouraging thoughts to me is that God uses little people to do big things.  God doesn’t need anything big. God needs yielded little things.

You may say I don’t have much. Well, you don’t need much. You may say you’re not very smart. You don’t have to be smart. You may say I’m not very big. You don’t have to be big. God can use you if you will just put your life in His hands.

“Instead, God chose things the world considers foolish in order to shame those who think they are wise. And he chose things that are powerless to shame those who are powerful.” 1 Corinthians 1:27 NLT

Bethlehem was a little town, and it is the place where our Lord first appeared on earth. The manger was not a crib or a baby bed, it was a feed trough used to feed animals. It was a little lowly thing. The swaddling clothes were nothing but rags, probably rags used to wash the animals which fed from the manger.

This is where the Saviour was born. He who is the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords, stooped to lowliness that we might someday have riches untold.