ANY AVAILABLE INN?
Luke 2:1-7, John 2:13-25

Do you have a room for the Lord in your inn? At the time of the birth of our Lord and Savior, there was no available inn for the Lord to come forth into the wicked world. At the time of the birth of Jesus, Joseph must have been exhausted in his attempt to locate any inn and as a result, they ended up in a manger. The Bible also records, “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.” (Luke 2:6-7) Can you account what or who has filled up your inn? Many are celebrating the birth of Jesus without Jesus having a place in their inn. It is important to have Him in your inn and celebrate. It is not important and neither does it add anything to you celebrating the birth of Jesus without you having Him in your inn. Most inns back then and still so today are filled with self, moneychangers, deceivers and those who have no regard for the business of the Lord. Thus so when the Lord arrived in a town where there was no room for Him in the inn, He had to lay and dwell in a manger. Imagine having Jesus’ birth in a specific inn at the time of His birth. Such an inn would have become the biggest hotel franchise in the whole world today. God is a perfect God and knows tomorrow from today. If you will consider yourself as an inn for a moment, do you have a place for the Lord to enter? Just as He could not be brought forth in the inn, so He could not allow Himself to be drawn to the life in the temple. The temple was supposed to be used for the glory of God, but it was being used as a den of thieves. Jesus “… found in the temple those who sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the money changers doing business. When He had made a whip of cords, He drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and the oxen, and poured out the changers’ money and overturned the tables. And He said to those who sold doves, ‘Take these things away! Do not make My Father’s house a house of merchandise!’” (John 2:14-16) Jesus was not recognized at the inn during the time of his birth and while He was around the temple was also relegated from what He should be. Can you create a place for His birth in your inn? Celebrating His birth without Him in your inn will not prevent eternal termination when the trumpet sounds.

Prayer for today: Lord Jesus, instruct and teach me in the way I should go; guide me with Your eye.