{"id":389,"date":"2010-12-10T23:44:13","date_gmt":"2010-12-11T04:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jonathanbrooker.com\/x\/?p=27"},"modified":"2013-04-19T04:30:43","modified_gmt":"2013-04-19T04:30:43","slug":"the-humble-king","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jonathanbrooker.com\/2010\/the-humble-king","title":{"rendered":"The Humble King"},"content":{"rendered":"
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While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no guest room available for them.<\/em><\/p>\n

Luke 2:6-7<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I have slept in all kinds of conditions. I have gone on missions trips to foreign countries, and I\u2019ve even had worse sleeping accommodations than that, but you expect that kind of thing at camp sometimes. Anyhow, I\u2019ve slept on the floor and been stuffed in rooms with more people than fire-code allowed. And I\u2019ve always had a place to lay my head.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s crazy that God chose this to be the way His Son would enter our world. Jesus had every right to be born in Herod\u2019s palaces and instantly crowned king. But like David, there would be a waiting period for Him to \u201ctake the throne.\u201d He had every right to be born in a palace but he was aligning Himself with the very people He came to save. He was showing that, even though He was the biggest thing ever, that He would make Himself the lowest thing ever.<\/p>\n

Everything about the Christmas story is humble to the max. It challenges me because I sometimes try to make a big deal of things. Jesus wasn\u2019t afraid to be overlooked. He wasn\u2019t afraid of being mistreated. He wasn\u2019t afraid to get dirty.<\/p>\n

And that\u2019s why the story is so compelling. Here is this king who comes like a servant who calls us lowly servants to be able to live like kings. He became poor so that we could become rich. I am rich. You are rich. We can be rich spiritually because He became poor in every way. Be richly blessed this Christmas season!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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