NO ROOM!

 

     It's December 26th. Christmas 2021 is over officially but I realize some families will be celebrating it throughout the week. Kids are playing with their Christmas gifts, Dad's are probably still putting toys together and families are eating some of the yummy leftovers from Christmas dinner. I hope everyone enjoyed your day and time spent with your families!

     There is one part of the Christmas story that has always intrigued me. When Joseph and Mary arrive in Bethlehem with Mary very pregnant sitting on a donkey, they need a place to stay. They approach and Inn and ask the Innkeeper if they can have a room.The Innkeeper looks at them and tells them "We have no room!" So Mary and Joseph have to settle for a stable and we know the rest of the story. Jesus is born in a stable and his tiny body is placed in a manger, the very place where animals eat their food out of. Our savior is born! We celebrate Christmas for that reason and that reason alone! 

     Imagine being that Innkeeper after he died and facing his creator? I can't imagine the guilt he must have felt. Here are the parents of the Son of God and he refuses to give them lodging. Maybe there really was no room? Maybe their were other reservations that were made and Joseph and Mary never made them ahead of time. Yes, I realize they couldn't call ahead for reservations or go on Hotels.com and reserve a room for themselves and parking for their donkey. But to say "We have no room" reminds me a lot of the world we live in here in 2021 ans even many years before.

     Our world told God "We have no room" in the 1960's when they took prayer out of schools. Before June 1962, every student in America would say a short prayer. It was taken away and removed and has not returned! Slowly we are seeing God being taken away from our country. There has been a fight about taking the phrase "In God we trust" off of our coins. Our Government no longer puts God first and in my opinion it would love to see churches shut down. They are telling God "Sorry, but we don't have any more room for you here". Let's face it friends. We need God more NOW than ever before. 

     My conclusion is simple. We need to make room for God. We need to let our world know there is a God who loves us more than anything. He is bigger than Covid-19 or any sickness that can ever be thrown at us. It's time we make room for God and if you're a Christian, it's time we continue to go and support our local churches and continue to pray for our pastors. It is time friends to make room for God. Don't shut him out. Make room in your heart for Him!

HAVE A BLESSED WEEK!!