The truth is that Jesus
was not born in an immaculate birthing suit. Jesus was born in a manger, a
place where they feed animals, and the question is, why the manger of all
places, he could have been born, why was Jesus born in a stable and a manger.
You might say, it happened so that the scripture must be fulfilled so Jesus was
born in the manger to fulfill the prophecies in the Old Testament that’s why he
was born in the manger. But in the Old Testament there are no such prophecies,
none of the prophet foretold that Jesus would be born in a manger.
Why
the Manger?
You might say, well
Jesus us the good shepherd, so he was born in a place for shepherd, in a manger.
it is true that
shepherd rest in the manger in the field. But shepherd don’t live in those
places. Neither do they give birth there too shepherd were treated as outcast
they were the poorest of the poor, but not even a shepherd would be born in a
manger. That is to say, even shepherd had homes of their own that was safe and
warm. Then why the manger you may say Jesus was born in a manger because there
was no room in the run. It wasn’t planned to be so, so it was just an accident
but in the life if Christ there were no accidents. Everything was planned down
to the last detail.
Why
the manger?
Of all the places, Jesus could have been born, why
to manger? To answer this question we have to look at a real manger and see
what it is like
1. A
manger is cold
2. A
manger is dark, so even when sun is shining, the manger remains dark
3. A
manger is dirty- it is full of mud, dust, cobwebs and its smells
So the Truth is Jesus
was born in a place that was cold, Dark and dirty. Why was Jesus born in a place that was cold,
dark and dirty? The truth is that Jesus is always born in the manger every time
Jesus comes into our lives; he is born in the manger. Because the human heart
is like the manger, cold, dark and dirty. The human heart is cold because, we
do not know the love of God.
It is dark because we
do not have the light of Christ or the hope of salvation in us. The human heart
is dirty because we are sinners and our hearts are stained with sin. But the
miracle of Christmas is that Jesus is willing to be born into a heart that is…………………….
No matter how cold your
heart is, Jesus is willing to be born there, no matter how dark and dirty your
heart may be, Jesus is willing to be born inside there. So all we need to do,
(on our part) is to confess that we need him and invite him to come into our
heart and lives when we do that, Jesus will be born in the manger of our heart,
he will take away the cold, the dark and dirty and give us a new heart of righteousness,
a heart of God a heart sprinkled by the blood of Jesus.
When we invite him into
our heart. He will be born in that hopeless and helpless situation of our life,
he will be born in the darkness of our grief and sorrow and give us peace and
freedom from all kinds of satanic bondages. Christmas is a period, where Jesus
was born in a manger of your heart.
Right
now let us pray.
Invite Jesus to be born
in your cold, dark and dirty heart today.
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