This week I started cleaning out the walk-in closet in our guest bedroom. Well, it’s supposed to be a walk-in closet, but it’s so full I can barely get the door closed. Games, baskets, old files, boxes I haven’t looked at in years. It’s so stuffed with stuff there’s no room for anything important, like, I don’t know, clothes maybe!
Our lives are a lot like our walk-in closet sometimes. We fill our hearts and minds with guilt, hurt feelings, regrets and anger. We fill our days running here and there, wasting precious moments on frivolous wants and needs.
With all this stuff filling our every waking moment and our every thought is it any wonder we have so little room in our lives for things that really matter, you know, things like family, friends, and, oh yeah, God?
Luke 2:7 says Mary, “brought forth her firstborn Son, and wrapped Him in swaddling cloths, and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.” Unfortunately, not much has changed in 2000 years. Too many of us still have no room for Jesus.
This morning Jesus stands at the door of your heart, asking to come in. Open the door and He will help you get rid of all that stuff you don’t need, things like guilt, doubt, hurt and resentment. Without all that junk clogging up your life you’ll be amazed how much better you’ll feel. The best part is you’ll finally have room for Him in your heart.
They say Christmas is a time for giving. If that is so, then yourself the best gift of all. Make room in your life for Jesus!