He came to get messy

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“And while they were there, the time came for the baby to be born. And

she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. And she wrapped him in cloths

and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the

inn.”

(Luke 2:6-7)

God had this messy plan…a plan to save the world, and to do that he

was going to send his son. Where does the God of the universe send his

son? Where does the King of Kings and Lord of Lords come? To a

barn…a stable…a manger of all places! Certainly no place fit for a king.

But then again, this wasn’t any ordinary king.

When I say it was messy, I mean it was messy. It was a barn, a stable. So

you’ve got animals and animal…stuff, manure and mud. A pitiful place

for people, much less the King of Kings, to be born. Why would God do

that? Well, I can’t tell you for sure, because the prophet Isaiah tells us

that his thoughts are not our thoughts and his ways are not our ways.

But that same prophet, 400 years before, said “All we like sheep have

gone astray, each of us to our own way and that the Lord has laid our

iniquities on him.”

(Isaiah 53:6) You see, Jesus came to a messy place. A

barn, well, yes that’s messy. But he came to a messy world. Why?

Because the shepherd was coming to take care of his sheep and to

prepare a way for his sheep to go home. That’s what a shepherd does.

He lives where the sheep are, he sleeps where they sleep and he eats

where they eat. That got Jesus in trouble. Why did Jesus eat with the

sinners? Because that’s what a shepherd does...

So needless to say that very first Christmas was dirty…it was grimy…it

in!