A “tip of my hat” to my friends at Bob Gass Ministries for the idea for this entry. If you don’t subscribe to the Daily Devotional, The Word for You Today, you need to get it!
“Notice where the wise men didn’t find Jesus: In the business world. Every motel in Bethlehem was sold out with a “No Vacancy” sign. Not much has changed, eh? Thirty percent of all retail sales in department stores take place over the Christmas holidays. Fifty percent of all parties are held during Christmas and New Years. One out of every ten gallons of liquor is sold then too. Clearly, Jesus is good for business. The trouble is, we prefer the myth to the Master. We want a Santa but not a Savior. We want the fairy tale but not the fact.
What fact? That Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners (see 1 Timothy 1:15).
The story is told of a young boy who was chosen to play the innkeeper in the Christmas pageant, telling Mary and Joseph that there was no room for them in the inn. But on the night of the big event, he stood onstage, looked into the faces of the audience, froze in fear, then smiled and announced, ‘I’m not supposed to do this, but come on in anyway!’
The hymnist wrote, ‘Room for pleasure, room for business, but for Christ the crucified; not a place where He can enter, in the heart for which He died.’
Instead of ending this Christmas season exhausted, disappointed and in debt, invite Jesus into your life! You may be looking back with regret on some bad moves you’ve made this year, but making Jesus your Lord and Savior this Christmas is the best move you’ll ever make!”
Merrrrrrrrrrrrrrry Christmas!!!
