Have You Any Room for Jesus?

 

She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no guest room available for them.

—Luke 2:7

God shaped the inherent humility of the incarnation of His one and only Son by having Him born in the most stark possible place. Here’s what Dr. Luke records in Luke 2:6-7:

While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no guest room available for them.

There was no room for the Son of God to be born in a proper setting. Thirty-three years later, the Jewish religious leaders would find no room for Jesus in their institutionalized religion.

The question stands for men, women, boys, and girls today: “Do you have room for Jesus in your heart and in your life?” The gospel songwriter D. W. Whittle wrote this challenging song:

Have you any room for Jesus,
He who bore your load of sin?
As He knocks and asks admission,
Sinner, will you let Him in?

Refrain:
Room for Jesus, King of glory!
Hasten now, His word obey;
Swing the heart’s door widely open,
Bid Him enter while you may.

Room for pleasure, room for business,
But for Christ the Crucified,
Not a place that He can enter,
In the heart for which He died?

Refrain:
Room for Jesus, King of glory!
Hasten now, His word obey;
Swing the heart’s door widely open,
Bid Him enter while you may.

Have you any room for Jesus,
As in grace He calls again?
O, today is time accepted,
You will never call in vain.

Refrain:
Room for Jesus, King of glory!
Hasten now, His word obey;
Swing the heart’s door widely open,
Bid Him enter while you may.

Room and time now give to Jesus,
Soon will pass God’s day of grace;
Soon your heart left cold and silent,
And the Savior’s pleading cease.

Refrain:
Room for Jesus, King of glory!
Hasten now, His word obey;
Swing the heart’s door widely open,
Bid Him enter while you may.

Evie Tornquist sings an appropriate reminder of what Joseph and Mary experienced:

 

 

 

Based on a blog originally posted on Monday, December 21, 2015

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