"No Room"

Luke 2:6
So it was, that while they were there the days were completed for her to be delivered.. 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.

Messiah...
God coming down to fill a body of flesh with His presence.
The Christ...the very one the Jews had been looking for. 
No room in the inn.
No room anywhere in Bethlehem.
Left on the outside, Joseph made do as best he could.
But the cold hard truth was...
There was no room in the inn.
No room for Joseph...
No room for Mary...
No room for Jesus.

As Jesus grew, He experienced this feeling of being on the outside over and over. I'm sure because of the whispered tales concerning His mother's pre-wedding pregnancy was something Jesus heard often. "That's the bastard son of Joseph and Mary." How many other times was Jesus left out of gatherings and functions because there was no room?

Years later this idea of "No room" would magnify itself on a hill outside the city of Jerusalem. There on a cross, hanging between heaven and earth, Jesus felt the ultimate rejection. Heaven could not embrace Him because the sins of the world had been placed on Him. Earth didn't want Him because He had invaded the sacredness of their religion and upset the tables and emotions of those who sought to live in darkness. So there on that cross, once again there was "no room".

But it wasn't that way forever....
Three days after His death, Jesus walked forth not as the bruised and battered carpenter of Nazareth, but as the glorified, risen Son of God. Through His death and resurrection, He ripped off the "No Room" Sign that hung on heaven because of the sin of man. He became the bridge and way to reconciliation between God and man. Jesus made room for all who would receive Him. 

This Christmas, make sure that you don't have a "No Rooms Available" sign hung around your heart. It will be the best decision that you ever made. I guarantee it.

Merry Christmas From The "B's" In Attalla.
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