December 25, 2022: Luke 2:20 - Eyes to See and Ears to Hear

December 25, 2022  /  Stephanie Klepacki

“Then the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told them.” - Luke 2:20

“Eyes to see and ears to hear” is a common phrase in the Bible. These shepherds believed the angel’s report they had heard for themselves of Christ the Lord being born and went to see Him for themselves, with their own eyes. They believed what the angel had said, for if they had not, surely they would not have sought to see Jesus with their own eyes.

Hundreds of years prior to Messiah’s birth, the Lord God had told the prophet Jeremiah to proclaim to His people who had forsaken Him and served foreign gods - false gods: “Hear this now, O foolish people, without understanding, who have eyes and see not, and who have ears and hear not: Do you not fear Me?” says the Lord.

As Jesus grew and at age 12 went to the temple and sat with the Jewish teachers and listened to them, “all who heard Him were astonished at His understanding and His answers.”

When Jesus began His ministry at about age 30, He taught in parables. His 12 disciples asked Him why He taught in parables. Jesus said to them, “To you it has been given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God; but to those who are outside, all things come in parables so that, ‘Seeing they may see and not perceive, and hearing they may hear and not understand; lest they should turn, and their sins be forgiven them.’”

How many today have hardened their hearts against God so that when they hear and see what He has told and shown them do not believe? Christmas is not about believing in Santa; it is about believing in Jesus Christ, the One who gave the greatest gift we could ever be given - redemption of all sins by believing in Him, just as the shepherds did whose hearts were not hardened by the world when they heard the good news. If you have not accepted Jesus as your Savior, today will you hear, today will you see, and turn to Him, glorifying and praising Him for all you have heard and seen? ✝️