DON'T IT ALWAYS SEEM TO GO....

Luke 2: 8 – 20


A friend of mine has an expression about God. “He's old and slow, but He's always on time”
I'm not sure that I agree with that, but I think the underlining theme can feel like it's true.
God shows up in his own time, not ours, and a lot of times when we don't expect it.
Consider the shepherds in the field about two thousand years ago. There they were minding their sheep, and their own business, when all of a sudden this Angel shows up to announce that a child was being born in the city of David.

8 And there were shepherds living out in the fields near by, keeping watch over their flocks at night.
9 An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified.
10 But the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people.
11 Today in the town of David a Saviour has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord.

Imagine the confusion for those shepherds when a whole chorus of the angels showed up singing to the glory of God. He showed up in His own time when least expected.

15 When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, "Let’s go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about."

Who knew when God was going to show up in our lives. I know that I didn't expect to meet him in the rain in Boston. And, I'm sure that you guys weren't expecting His presence in your lives.
The Bible says that we should prepare and be ready for His return, but, I don't think that we can get ready for when He will show up when we need Him to heal us, or guide our steps, today.
God is always present in our lives, but He acts in his own time and not ours, and when He does, we feel kinda like those shepherds must have felt all those years ago.