FAITH CAPSULE: Another birth date of Jesus is here! 

Luke 2:1-20 

Another time of the remembrance of the Birth of Jesus is almost here!
The celebration of His birth should also be the preparation for His coming back.
God the only Potentate, the King of kings and Lord of lords, who alone has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light, which no man has seen or can see, is perfect beyond any imagination. 
All that was in place at the time of His birth speaks volumes about the interest of God for all.
The road and conditions that led to the time of His birth were not loud but purposeful.  
When Joseph and Mary left Galilee, the city of Nazareth, into Judea, the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, it was the place of registration of Mary. 
Joseph was walking in the line of the prophecy of Isaiah. 
While Joseph and Mary were there, the time of birth came to be. 
At the time of the birth of Jesus, there was no room at the inn for the Lord to be delivered. 
At the time of His birth, people did not understand that Christ was about to be born into the world. 
At the time of His birth, no hospital was alerted.
Luke 2:7 records, “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.”   
At His birth, He was placed in a manger with no fine cloth to swaddle the Lord of lords. 
Jesus came at an appointed time and to an appointed location.  
God is perfectly perfect. 
The King of Kings came to a ground where kings would choose not to pass through.
Hebrews 5:8-9 records concerning Jesus, “…though He was a Son, yet He learned obedience by the things which He suffered. And having been perfected, He became the author of eternal salvation to all who obey Him.” 
Ever before His birth and at the time of His birth, engaging all kinds of suffering has been in place. 
The life of Jesus, before He was born to the time of His persecution, demonstrates to all that humility is suffering, and it only makes one obedient. 
His coming is the reason for hope; His coming is the reason for joy. 
Jesus came despite all kinds of obstacles, such as discouragement, and there was no record of complaint by Joseph or Mary. 
The celebration of His birth should also be the preparation for His coming back. 
Do you have hope and joy because of the name of Jesus? 
Romans 12:12 prescribes that all should rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, and be continually firm in prayer. 

Prayer for today: As you join in the celebration of the birth of Jesus, ask God to locate you and preserve you for salvation when the trumpet sounds.