Di Shepherds Go Back Dey Praise God

Sun dey come out for di hills of Bethlehem. Di same hills. Di same sheep. Di same cold, wet grass. But listen. Di shepherds dey praise God.

Dis na di longest, strangest, and most wonderful night for dis shepherds life. One angel inside big glory. Sky wey full with heaven armies wey dey praise God. Search wey dem do quick quick for Bethlehem streets, and one baby wey dey lie down inside manger, exactly as dem tell dem. Then many hours of telling everybody wey dem meet, and watching as wonder full people face. Now morning dey come. Di sheep still need food and water. Somebody must lead dem go where grass dey. Life must continue.

Luke tell us: and di shepherds go back. Dem return. Dem no stay for Bethlehem make dem become famous. Dem no move enter di house to guard di baby. Dem no begin journey go Jerusalem to tell di priests. Dem go back to dia sheep, back to dia work, back to di same hills wey dem don waka pass thousand times. E fit sound like ending wey go disappoint person. After angels, na sheep again? But Luke never finish di sentence.

Dem go back dey glorify and praise God. Na so dem take go back. To glorify God mean to tell how great e be. To praise am mean to thank am with joy. So imagine dem as dem dey waka go up di hillside for early morning light, dey talk di angel words again and again, dey laugh, maybe dey sing di old psalms wey dem know. Every time one lamb waka comot, every time dem light fire, dem remember. Di work still be di same. But di workers don change. Now, ordinary days get one song wey dey run inside dem.

And Luke tell us why dem praise. For all di tins wey dem hear and see, exactly as dem tell dem. Hear and see. Dem hear di angel promise. Then dem see am with dia own eye. Everything be just as God talk. Nothing wey God promise fail. Na dat one full dem with praise. God talk to dem, di night shift workers, di people wey nobody dey notice, and then God keep im word. Once you don discover say God dey keep im promise, even ordinary hillside go look different.

Shepherds get special place for di scriptures of Israel. Di most famous shepherd from Bethlehem, David, write di psalm wey start with, Di Lord na my shepherd, I no go lack anything. And di prophet Ezekiel promise say one day God imself go search for im sheep wey scatter and take care of dem. Shepherds wey know dis words fit don sing dem for di hills dat morning.

You go find di shepherds return for Luke chapter two, verse twenty. Di same sheep, di same hills, but men wey don change, wey dey praise God because e keep im word. So see one question wey you go carry dey go. After Christmas, when life go back to normal, how you fit carry your praise enter ordinary days?