Lk.2:4-7 – Now Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the city of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family of David, in order to register along with Mary, who was betrothed to him, and was pregnant. While they were there, the time came for her to give birth. And she gave birth to her firstborn son; and she wrapped Him in cloths, and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.
Everything in the story of the birth of Christ is loaded with meaning. The phrase “no room for them in the inn” speaks volumes. How could it be, the Creator of the heavens and the earth, had no where to lay His head? Is there more to this story than first meets the eye? It absolutely does. Christ came to this earth to find a dwelling place, not in buildings of stone and mortar, He came to make His home in human hearts. John said it’d it like this, Jn.1:12 – “He came to His own but His own did not receive Him. Those that did receive Him He gave the right to become children of God”. The so called wise men and experts in this world rarely receive Him. The scientists, professors, and political leaders more often than not, have no place for Him in their hearts. Here is how Jerome said this some 300 years after the birth of Christ.
“The Lord is born on earth, and he does not have even a cell in which to be born, for there was no room for him in the inn. The entire human race had a place, and the Lord about to be born on earth had none. He found no room among men. He found no room in Plato, none in Aristotle, but in a manger, among beasts of burden, brute animals, among the simple, too and the innocent. For that reason the Lord, says in the Gospel: “The foxes have dens, and the birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.’”
2000 years later the Lord is still looking for a place to reside. He came to make His home in our hearts. Sadly, the rich and powerful often reject Him. He is not looking for much, an animal barn and a feeding trough will do. The question Christmas always asks all of us is this, “Is there room in your heart and life for Jesus, the Son of God”.
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The humility of The Creator in His creation. This should cause all to pause, for He has that which is opposite to our fallen natures. Awe and wonder, holiness and true love makes its introduction. “Come follow me”