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Jesus in a Manger
eva Official Writer
1261Luke 2:7
And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in strips of cloth and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn
Bible Reading for A Year:[bible]Psalm20[/bible];[bible]iCori11[/bible] ;[bible]00Job18-19[/bible]
When Jesus was born into the world, it is said in the book of Luke that Jesus was laid by His mother in a manger, as a replacement for a baby bedding, since there was no room for them in the inn. A manger is a place of fodder which is often carved out of rock on one side of the cave.
When Jesus was born into the world, He had no place to even put His head. In order to be born into this world, He sacrificed a lot of things. From the side of the Lord, He would sacrifice everything. But in terms of His humanity, He has sacrificed a lot of things.
Imagine how far He should walk preaching the gospel, imagine when He was 'interrupted' by the people who want to get a miracle, how He was in grief due to the loss of His beloved friend, John even though He had to preach.
If you see what He had done, what we do now is nothing, especially if we have to see all the work of His hands. So, what a pity if we only use this Christmas to have fun, share gifts, then go away.
Jesus was born in a simple circumstances, but He died in extraordinary circumstances. He started a simple thing but we still feel its impact until now. As long as we live in this world, we can only do a simple thing, do what Jesus did. Let's leave something that had tremendous impact.
Jesus was born in a simple circumstance, but His birth is the beginning of wonderful thing.
