“He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.
He came unto his own, and his own received him not.” John 1:10-11
Jesus Christ is the Creator of the world. He made everything. But, when our Lord and Saviour, came into this world there was found no place for Him.
In Luke 2:7 we read, ”[T]here was no room for them in the inn.” Luke 2:7
It was prophesied by the prophet Micah that the Messiah would be born in Bethlehem. Was there anyone at this time looking for Him? Angels too, announced His birth to shepherds. And the shepherds went abroad telling the good news. Yet, it seems no one took interest enough to even investigate.
Matthew Henry writes, ”If the Son of God must be brought into the world, one might justly expect that he should be received with all the ceremony possible, that crowns and sceptres should immediately have been laid at his feet, and that the high and mighty princes of the world should have been his humble servants; such a Messiah as this the Jews expected, but we see none of all this; he came into the world, and the world knew him not; nay, he came to his own, and his own received him not;”
Do we have room for Jesus?
Do we as Christians have room for Jesus?
Do we have room for Jesus in our lives?
Do we have room for Jesus in this day?
He made this day. Surely, there would be room for Him in it. Have we taken the time to talk with Him? Did we take time for Him in His Word? What about worshiping Him?
Do we have room for Jesus in our thoughts?
“The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.” Psalm 10:4
It appears that the whole earth had no room for God in their thoughts, when God destroyed it in the days of Noah…
“And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.” Genesis 6:5
Do we have room for Him in our hearts?
Or does our lust for the world choke out all the room we have for Him in our lives?
“Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.” I John 2:15-17
Jesus has room for us.
”Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.
In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.” John 14:1-3
He has a place prepared for His Children in His Father’s house.
What about His people? Do we have room for His people?
The Scripture reads, that there was no room for “them” in the inn.
Psalm 16:2-3 says, ” O my soul, thou hast said unto the LORD, Thou art my Lord: my goodness extendeth not to thee;But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in whom is all my delight.”
”Beloved, thou doest faithfully whatsoever thou doest to the brethren, and to strangers;Which have borne witness of thy charity before the church: whom if thou bring forward on their journey after a godly sort, thou shalt do well:” III John 5-6
”For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because ye belong to Christ, verily I say unto you, he shall not lose his reward.” Mark 9:41
If we have room for Jesus, we should also have room for His people.
God bless!
“The cross upon which Jesus died
Is a shelter in which we can hide;
And its grace so free is sufficient for me
And deep is its fountain as wide as the sea.
There’s room at the cross for you
There’s room at the cross for you
Though millions have come, there’s still room for one
Yes, there’s room at the cross for you.” -Ira F.Stanphill.
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