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 “There was no room for them in the inn.” (Luke 2:7)

Time was of the essence. Joseph knocked on door after door and was met with the same response from the innkeepers, “Sorry, no more room.” Finally, one kind person told him they could lodge in his stable. The conditions weren’t sanitary, and there was no midwife to assist Mary, but there was a manger, a feed trough, and the animal’s hay for a baby’s bed, and they were safe. There, God’s handmaid would deliver the Messiah.

God came to earth as a baby, but Jesus was also fully man and had to choose daily to make room for obedience to His Father and serving others. We have the same choice, whether born amid plentifulness or, like Jesus, of humble means. But sometimes circumstances, activities, and concerns overcrowd a life, leaving little or no room for God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit to work in and through that person. The crowding can happen so gradually that neglectful people don’t notice the absence of their activity. Is there room for Jesus in your “inn,” or does He find your heart overfilled?