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by Greg Laurie
She brought forth her firstborn Son, and wrapped Him in swaddling cloths, and
laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn. —Luke 2:7
In these days of modern technology, we never miss a thing with TiVo, voice mail,
DVD recorders, and camera phones. But even though our toys keep us from missing
a phone call, they can also cause us to miss the real reason for the holiday
season.
You can watch Christmas disappear in front of your eyes, in a heap of shredded
wrapping paper, and find yourself saying, “I was so busy shopping, so busy
attending this, going to that, that I think I actually missed the point of
Christmas.”
It might be surprising to know that the majority of people missed the very first
Christmas as well. People just carried on with business as usual, paying no
attention to what was happening just a few feet away.
In Luke chapter 2, we are introduced to an innkeeper who had no time for
Christmas. In this familiar story, Mary and Joseph came to the innkeeper for a
room, but because his inn was full, he turned them away.
The only place he had for this young pregnant woman and her husband was a
stable, a cold, dark, and damp stable—which was more than likely a cave. He was
too preoccupied with other things to make the time for Christmas.
There are people like this in the world today. They don’t necessarily oppose or
hate God outright. They are simply preoccupied. God and spiritual things do not
concern them. Their interests lie more in what can immediately satisfy their own
physical needs. The innkeeper was too busy to make room in the inn for the soon
coming Messiah.
Let me ask you this: have you made room for Jesus this Christmas? If not, there
is still time to refocus and make room for Christ this Christmas, today!
Summary sentence: Have you made room for Jesus this Christmas?
Copyright © 2011 by Harvest Ministries. All rights reserved.
See Also:
Christmas Then and Today
Christmas is about love that is, giving and giving sacrificially. It is the blessed season that engages the world in a covenant of love.True Seekers
The story of Christ’s birth is one of the Bible’s most famous and loved stories, probably one that most people who are not even familiar with Scripture have heard at one time or another. And certainly a story we hear repeated every Christmas is the account of the wise men being led by the star to the place where the King was to be born.
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