The Inn Keeper

Hello Everyone,

Kids have a hard time waiting for Christmas there is no way that they would miss it. Here is a couple of actual letters that were written to Santa:

Dear Santa Claus,
When you come to my house there will be cookies for you. But if you are real hungry you can use our phone and order a pizza to go.

Dear Santa, I want a Puppy. I want a playhouse. Thank you. I’ve been good most of the time. Sometimes I’m wild.

A lot of us miss Christmas. Now we don’t miss the day – but we miss the real deal– the fact that God came to this earth as a baby and his name was Jesus.

Many people miss the baby so I want to talk about some people who missed Christmas.

The first person who missed Jesus was the inn keeper.
Inns in those days were like camp grounds for all the weary travelers. People usually just spread out their mat on the floor and slept there. They weren’t really that nice a place.

Well we are told that this particular year there were a lot of travelers on account of a census.
Caesar Augustus, wanted more money so he imposed a tax. And to make sure he got what was owed to him, he wanted to count all the people, so everyone had to go and register where they were born and pay their dues.

Well this meant that Joseph and Mary had to travel to Bethlehem. Mary was very pregnant and pregnant women don’t travel fast, so when they finally arrived at Bethlehem, the inn was full. There was no room for them.If the innkeeper had known that the baby to be born that night was to be God – the creator of the world, he would have found room!!! But he missed the Baby.

He was preoccupied with the concerns of the world. He was just too busy with running a business, making a living and saving for retirement to recognize that this Baby was the promised one who would save all of mankind.

Is that you today – too concerned with what the World has to offer?
Too concerned with surviving or making a living to see the facts that this baby is special.

Don’t miss the fact that Jesus came to give us things that no amount of money can buy.

Take time this Christmas to find out who this baby really is and what He can offer. Don’t miss the baby by being distracted by what the World offers – it’s a poor substitute.

All for Jesus
Phil