This morning in the Advent devotional,
“God’s will was that though Christ was rich, yet for your sake he became poor. The “No Vacancy” signs over all the motels in Bethlehem were for your sake. “For your sake he became poor” (2 Corinthians 8:9).” Good News of Great Joy
Christ was rich, but it was God’s will for Him to become poor. It was not enough that Christ became human. He first emptied his divine pockets of all value and then no room could be found for a proper arrival.
As we run after Christ, it should be no surprise when we see “no vacancy” signs. The greatest man who ever walked the earth – the man who could have had the biggest entourage and could have kept company with the most powerful the world had to offer arrived in a barn and lived his whole life with empty pockets.
Why are we afraid to live with empty pockets in this world when it is but a breath? Why do we still cling to what will pass away?
Today, I’m setting my eyes on the eternal and keeping close in my mind the image of Christ cuddling with his mom… in a barn.
And he did this for my sake. “No vacancy” was no accident. He chose to find “No vacancy” for me.
MUSINGS IN THE MIDST 