Reading: Luke 2:1-20

We’re still a long way from Christmas, but it’s still a good time to consider this:

“And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn” (7).

Babies don’t belong in mangers. They belong where people sleep — in a bed, in the inn.

This Baby, though, belonged in a manger, in a stall.

He belonged there, not because the innkeeper and all his guests despised Him, but because the Baby and His Father put others first.

Others first — that principle should govern my life.

Others first — all the time, but especially when I am entitled to be first or when I have the power to be first.

Others first — yes!

from Luke 2:17

A little bit more from Luke 2: A July Message