Make Room for Jesus

We're setting an awesome table today.  We have a 18' dining table, but we'll have to add another table or two at the end in order to make room for our 29 family members.  You see, we have a longstanding policy: we always make room for more people. 

And our policy doesn't just apply to Christmas dinner—we are generous with our time, attention, and resources throughout the year. 

Unfortunately, it's easy to get so busy with shopping, decorating, and special events that we forget to make time for what and who is important.

But when someone is important to you, you make room for them—it's a simple and enduring principle. 

I hope you have the same policy toward people.  More importantly, I hope you have the same policy toward Jesus. 

Don't relegate Jesus to the periphery of your life, don't cast Him out to the metaphorical barn or feeding trough of your life.  Don’t let Jesus be quarantined at the remote ‘kids’ table’. 

Make room for Jesus in your schedule, make room for Him in your thoughts, make room for Him in your heart.  Make room for Him in every aspect of your present, and He will make room for you in every aspect of the future. 

Focus Scripture:  'When the angels had gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds began saying to one another, 'Let us go straight to Bethlehem then, and see this thing that has happened which the Lord has made known to us.'  So they came in a hurry and found their way to Mary and Joseph, and the baby as He lay in the feeding trough.’  Luke 2:15-16