Room for Him

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image from Red Letter Words 

It was a funny scene in which Jeb couldn't remember his simple line, "There is no room in the inn." 

I laughed yesterday and today again when thinking about this scene. Jeb in all his nervousness even joked it was the most important line. Joked because clearly Mary and Joseph seemed to carry more important stage roles in the celebration of our king's birth.

Jeb had something right. That having no room in the inn is what we need to remember. For as I was reminded this morning when I had to fight to care to see God is that sometimes I room out of room for Him. Between serving my family, working hard, investing in friends and family, reading up on some great blogs, there is no room left for my Jesus. He is left out, kept out from the living room of my life. 

This morning I needed to fight for a word from Him. In all the things I could search and do, he wanted me to choose Him. And when I fought {a little} through the tangles of distraction and limits of time, He gave me this:

For the Lord thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God. {Deut. 4:24}

And oh how humbled am I.