Do You Have Room for Jesus? - Greg Laurie Daily Devotion - December 19/20, 2020

 

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Weekend, December 19, 2020 Do You Have Room for Jesus? "And she brought forth her firstborn Son, and wrapped Him in swaddling cloths, and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn" (Luke 2:7 nkjv). It's easy for us to vilify the innkeeper who turned away Mary and Joseph when they arrived in Bethlehem. After all, we wonder how his heart could be so cold. But I think, in many ways, this innkeeper was like a lot of people today. It's not so much that he was evil; he was just busy. He was preoccupied. More specifically, he was interested in making money. A lot of people were in town, and there was a lot of money to be made. He didn't want to waste his time with a young couple that obviously was very impoverished and had nothing to offer him. I'm sure if they would have pulled out some major shekels, he could have found a nice place for them. But they didn't have that. So he essentially said, "You can go back there in the barn and sleep." We don't know whether it was a barn or a cave. Back then, they often would keep their animals in a cave. The word in the original language doesn't seem to give us clarity here. However, we do know that it was a place where people kept their animals. The basic problem with the innkeeper was that he didn't have time. There are a lot of people like him today. They don't have time for God. They don't have time for church.   CONTINUE READING →

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