The birth of Jesus is the story of the Christ coming as a baby searching for a home…
- in the book of Luke, Mary and Joseph travel to Bethlehem because of a government censes and they search for a place for Mary to give birth. The only room is a stable for the animals and a feeding trough for a bed… in search of a home…
- in the book of Matthew the story is told of the wisemen going to King Herod in search of the child. When Herod hears of the news at a King has been born he is angry, so Joseph, Mary and their child Jesus escape to Egypt. Jesus is driven from his home….
- As a grown man much later when Jesus is with his disciples at one point he declares, “The son of man has no place to lay his head” (Matt. 8:20). No home. The Lord Jesus came to earth in search of a home…