In Luke 2:8–20, God announces the arrival of the true King not to the powerful, but to ordinary shepherds—and then sends them out as proclaimers of glory. Every person stands somewhere in this story: either as a herald of the good news or as someone who must decide whether to receive it. Though the gospel has not lost its power, it has lost urgency among God’s people. Yet when Christ is truly received as King, lives are still transformed, and joyful proclamation inevitably follows.