She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no guest room available for them.
Luke 2:7
Do you ever feel left out? Like you don't fit in or you are be excluded from something super fun?
Every day we face opportunities to fit into one of two groups - the in crowd or the outsiders. Nearly everyone I know wants to be part of the in crowd, even if they don't admit. We want to feel like we belong or like we are "normal". We want other people to like and to accept us. We want to fit in and become like everyone else - one giant homogeneous blob of humanity.
The crazy thing is that no one who was truly amazing - spectacular even - was ever part of the in crowd. The people who are most admired, most celebrated, are often those who didn't fit in or conform to what the in crowd was doing. They were often an outsider - Just like Jesus...
Jesus didn't conform to the standards of the world. He didn't fit in and he wasn't part of the in crowd - not even from the beginning. But this man - God who came to earth in the form of a little baby - was and still is the most influential person to have ever walked on the face of the earth. Not bad for being an outsider.
You have a choice. You can work hard to be accepted by the in crowd; to conform to what the world says you should look like, what you should wear, how you should speak and who you should be. Or you can choose to be an outsider. You can be a person who thinks for his or herself, who is concerned only with what God wants you to do, and who walks to the beat of your own drummer.
You can either be an insider with the world - or an insider with Jesus. The choice is yours.
Scripture
Quote of the Day
If Jesus Christ were to come today people would not even crucify him. They would ask him to dinner, and hear what he has to say, and make fun of it.
Thomas Carlyle
Question of the Day
If Jesus came to your school (or job) we he know that you are a believer?
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