No Room for Jesus
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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