This festive season

Wise men still seek Him
Jeremiah 29:13 Amplified version.
Then you will seek Me, inquire for, and
require Me [as a vital necessity] and find
Me when you search for Me with all your
heart.
Notice where the wise men didn't find
Christ: In the business world. Every motel
in Bethlehem 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-time holidays. Fifty percent of
all parties are held during Christmas and
New Year. One out of every ten gallons of
alcohol 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 Saviour. We want the fairy
tale but not the fact. What fact? That Jesus
Christ cam e into the world to save sinners
(1 Timothy 1:15). The story's told of a child
who was chosen to play the innkeeper in
the Christmas nativity, telling Mary and
Joseph that there was no room for them at
the inn. But on the night of the big event,
he stood onstage, looked into the faces of
the audience, froze in fear, then smiled
and announced, 'I'm not supposed to do
this, but come on 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
decisions you've made this year, but
making Jesus your Lord and Saviour this
Christmas is the best decision you'll ever
make.

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