Are You Making Room for Jesus? | The PursueGOD Truth Podcast

The innkeeper missed an opportunity to welcome the Savior - not because he was unwilling, but because he was unaware. What about YOU?
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Intro
New Series starting today!
The Christmas Story from People Who Were Actually There
The Innkeeper (today)
The Shepherds
The Wise Men
King Herod
Baby Jesus on Christmas Eve
Every week we’ll be digging deep on stuff you didn’t know

But I just want to take a few moments to ask you, Q. Are you making room for Jesus in your life?
Maybe you think it’s hard to be focused at Christmas, after all there are:
Projects to finish at work, budgets to set for next year, proposals to submit before the end of the year.
Family vacations to plan, parties to throw, presents to buy, and kids’ schedules to keep up with.
In fact, life can get so busy in December that it’s pretty easy to push Christ out of Christmas.
We can spend so much time focusing on all the stuff around Christmas that we fail to make room for Jesus.
But here’s what’s amazing, the same thing happened on the very first Christmas.
Let me show you what I mean:

Luke 2:1, 4-5 (NLT) 1 At that time the Roman emperor, Augustus, decreed that a census should be taken throughout the Roman Empire…. 4 And because Joseph was a descendant of King David, he had to go to Bethlehem in Judea, David’s ancient home. He traveled there from the village of Nazareth in Galilee. 5 He took with him Mary, to whom he was engaged, who was now expecting a child.
Describe craziness of census
Connect to the busyness of travel during the holidays
Check out these stats from AAA
Nearly 80 Million Americans Expected to Travel over Thanksgiving (new record)
72 million by car
6 million by air
2 million by “other” (joke)
Can you imagine the stress of Joseph and Mary?
She was VERY pregnant, worst time to travel


Luke 2:6-7 (NLT) 6 And while they were there, the time came for her baby to be born. 7 She gave birth to her firstborn son. She wrapped him snugly in strips of cloth and laid him in a manger, because there was no lodging available for them.
(ESV) because there was no place for them in the inn.
This, of course, refers to the famous point in the Christmas story where Mary and Joseph were shooed away by an uncaring, busy, and inattentive innkeeper. As a result, they were forced to find a barn or cave which is where baby Jesus was born.
Although this is how the story is typically told, the real story of the first Christmas might have actually been a bit different.
The word “inn” is a tricky word to translate.
It can refer to a hotel as in the traditional understanding of the story.
Or, it can refer to a finished guest room in a home.
For example, the same...

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