Christmas Time is just around the corner. People are putting up decorations and getting ready for the holiday. All too often we loose sight of the real meaning of this season. That is Jesus. Think about it. If Jesus would have not been born that first Christmas Night we would have nothing to celebrate.
Picture it. Mary and Joseph traveled a far distance to take part in the censes so that they could be taxed. Mary road on a donkey and Joseph walked. They probably traveled for several days. They were tired and hungry. After having participated in the censes they wanted to get something to eat and find a place to sleep.
This was next to impossible. Fact was all the room in the inns in the city of Bethlehem were full. Joseph explained the situation that they were in to the last inn keeper they can across. Mary was with child and it was time for that child to be born. They needed a place to sleep now.
So the Inn Keeper gave them a room in the stable. That was better than nothing at this point. That night Jesus was born. He was born into a world full of sin. Little did we know on that first Christmas Night that 30 years later Jesus would have to die on Calvary on Good Friday and be raised from the dead on that first Easter to save all those that believed in him from the sin of the world.
So God had a plan and a purpose in sending his one and only son to Earth that first Christmas Night. He knew then that his only son was going to save the world. This in itself is a strange way to save the world. However, it did get the job done.
Now we come to 2015 when Santa Clause is the king of Christmas to most people. We have lost sight of Jesus. We have commercialized Christmas. Jesus' birth has lost its meaning. We have lost the true meaning of the first Christmas so long ago. .
Oh how the world would be a different place if we got back to that meaning. If Jesus was the king of Christmas once again for everyone the world would be a better place.
So this Christmas I challenge each of you to find the true reason for the season. Put Christ in Christmas.
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