St. Luke2:7 states, And she brought forth her
first born son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger,
because there was no room for them in the inn.”
Can
you imagine that there was actually no room for the Son of God in the inn in Bethlehem? Many times we as musicians have a hard time
understanding why bad things happen to good people. Mary, Joseph and the baby Jesus were
certainly good people. Why did God the
Father let Jesus, His only begotten son, be born in a cattle shelter which was
perhaps a cave? From our very finite understanding
it would seem that there could have been at least a tiny room that no one was
using.
However God the Father let His only son be born in obscurity and
humility. On this blessed day of days,
we should remember that, regardless of our circumstances, most of us were not
born in a place of humility like Jesus.
Jesus
didn’t let his surroundings and his humble birth ever affect His ministry. Likewise, His earthly parents did not let the
humility of the circumstances of Christ’s birth affect their vision of who
Jesus was and their role in the accomplishment of the will of God. Thank God for Mary and Joseph who did not let
their situation deter them from obeying God that wonderful night long ago in Bethlehem.
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