More or Less

Commercially speaking, more is always better. The desire for "more" motivates some to work harder, so they can get more to work harder to keep the more they  already have. We even compete to see who can get the most. But more of something also implies less of something else. One may have so much that getting more means less space to keep it, or more work can mean less time with family, or at minimum, getting more might means less money to spend on other things. My point is that more usually comes at a cost; there is a price to be paid for getting or having more, agreed? Let’s move on.

All of us would probably say that our lives are already so full, and the thought of more seems ridiculous at best, but then Christmas comes and it seems the only way to make everyone happy and enjoy the season is to get, give, or experience more. Sounds kinda crazy when you put it that way doesn’t it? So what shall we do?

The only way we will have room for what this season of promise is all about is if we make room. Jesus can’t come into a full anything, there has to be room. Whether we are talking about your house, a party, a meal, or presents, He can’t fit where there is no room. Look at this verse from the Christmas story as recorded by the Gospel author Luke:

“And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.” Luke 2:7

Do you have a place for the Savior in your season of full? Jesus longs to be with you, but don’t miss the miracle like the folks in the inn did because there is no place for Him. Christmas is not about what you give, but what God gave, and instead of getting more and having less room, let’s make it a year that is less about us  - it will make a whole lot more room for Him – Oh, and Merry Christmas.

In His grip, 

Pastor Pat