The angel’s message (3) - All The Good Seed Daily Devotionals for 2026

This will be the sign to you: you will find a babe wrapped in swaddling cloths, lying in a manger. And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying, Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, goodwill toward men.
Luke 2:12 - 14

The angel's message (3)
A baby and nappies: there was nothing unusual about that. Babies are born and tended like that every day, though seldom laid in a manger to sleep. Some are born in the most unexpected places.

What was so special about this particular birth? The unique thing was that God became Man! That had never happened before, nor will it ever be repeated. Our great, inconceivable and almighty God became a human being. That tiny Child in the manger who was dependent on his parents' love and care was, at the same time, the Son of God, who had created the world. It was a miracle, unimaginable and indescribable.

The moment of His birth: "when the fullness of the time had come" (Galatians 4, 4).

The reason for His birth: "God so loved the world" (John 3, 16).

The revelation of His birth: "The grace of God that brings salvation has appeared" (Titus 2, 11).

The wonder of His birth: "The Word was made flesh" (John 1, 14).

The angels saw God in that small child and could not remain silent: they praised Him. He, who was "manifested in the flesh, (was) seen by angels" (1 Timothy 3, 16).

The wonder of the incarnation is worthy of our consideration and adoration.

(to be continued tomorrow)

Today's reading: Deuteronomy ch. 1, vv. 22 - 46