Squeeze the JOY from the Christmas Story!

Have you had your JOY JUICE today?  Join me as we look for joy throughout the Christmas story.

  We don’t want to miss out on one single drop of joy juice that can be squeezed from the truth of scripture.  If we’re genuinely craving it , we’ll taste joy like never before…..so let’s look for generous servings of the good stuff!

            The passage in Luke 2 overflows with reasons we celebrate this season.  Verses 4-7 tell us….. And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David:) To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child. And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered. 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.

            The obvious JOY in these verses is the birth of Jesus! But let’s not miss the magnitude and importance of this event.  By the decree of Emperor Augustus, Jesus was born in the very town prophesied many years prior in Micah 5:2….even though Mary and Joseph didn’t live there.

            Do you see the abundant joy in that part of the story?  God had every single detail planned before the beginning of time.  And He did it because of His love for you and me!  Oh, what a delicious serving of Christmas joy that should be to each of us!

           Drink in the joy of the season and look for ways to share it with others.