Who’s That Knocking
at Your Door?
Is There “Room” in Your Inn?
Christmas is soon going to be upon us. Are you ready? Or are you bustling around with all the many preparations to make it a memorable day?
Truly, our lives today seem much like Bethlehem on that first Christmas: People buzzing with the joyful return of family members, buzzing trying to make room for them all, buzzing trying to prepare enough food for all.
And then came Joseph and Mary into the picture. Can you see them knocking door to door? Can you see the people beyond the doors when the knock was answered? Surely they could see Mary’s condition! But no one offered to give up their place to help the expectant mother. There was no room at the inn—or anywhere else in the town.
That night, our Savior was born in the manger. The sky over the hillside was filled with an angelic choir singing, “Glory to God in the highest…” What a night to behold! Only the shepherds saw and heard this glorious heavenly choir. Why didn’t anyone else see the angelic host and hear the glorious message? Was it because the townspeople were so busy that they missed this divine moment right in their own town? There was no room at the inn—what about their hearts?
Who’s that knocking at your door? Jesus comes to our world, not only at Christmas time, but every day, to tell us that God loves us. We have all fallen victim at times of filling our lives with so many activities and events that we have little or no time for Jesus. Is there room in your inn? With the new year about to break forth, be encouraged today to make room for Jesus in your inn.
Expand your prayer time and daily conversations with Him.
Let Him fill your heart in ways you never could imagine.
Then be like the shepherds, who, when they had seen Jesus, “made known the saying which they had been told about this child.”
Who will you tell about Jesus this Christmas Season?