Luke 2:16 And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger.

After the shepherds heard the angel pronounce the coming of their Savior, they came with haste, a sense of urgency, to meet the Christ child. I believe there was something within their lives that created that sense of urgency. They couldn’t wait to come to Christ.

How many times have you heard the offer of salvation thru faith in Christ and put off accepting Him into your heart? Is it that you do not feel a sense of urgency? Do you believe that you are safe? Do you not believe in the hereafter? Do you think this life is all there is that exists?

If you believe that the offer of salvation is only about eternal life then you miss the larger point. Those shepherds wanted a salvation from the current life they lived, not an eternal life. Their view of a savior was one of deliverance from oppression, pain, and rulers who were cruel and violent.

Salvation begins at the very moment of acceptance by faith of Christ as Lord of your life. Your new like begins in that very moment and does not put itself off until you die.

2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

It is not that the world changes and becomes new, it is that you change and become new. Perhaps a lack of urgency in that area is because you love your life and see no need to give it up.

1 John 2:16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

Open your eyes and see the world for what it really is these days and tell me you do not hope for more than that.