CHRISTMAS
EVE—TUESDAY DECEMBER 24
“You will seek Me and find Me, when
you search for Me will all your heart.” Jer 29:13 NKJV
WISE
MEN STILL SEEK HIM (2)
Notice
where the wise men didn’t find Christ: In the business world. Every motel in
Nazareth 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 Year. One
out of 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 to the world to save sinners (See 1Ti 1:15). The story’s told of a
kid 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 on stage, looked into the faces of the audience, froze in
fear, then smiled and announced, “I’m not supposed to do this, but come 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 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.
Taken from the Word for You Today
Devotional
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