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Today with all the Bowl games and NFL.
NBA and on and on, many teams have to travel on or around Christmas.
A few years ago, one team made advanced arrangements so that their players would not miss Christmas.
One play said, no game is worth missing Christmas for…
But the reality is, that people miss Christmas all the time.
You may think, How is that possible?
because it the most advertised event of the year… decorations ahve been out since Oct… It’s the most anticipated time of the year… stores make the majority of their profit during this time too.
You would think that it’s pretty hard to miss.
decorations are up all over the place… Hal-mark Christmas movies have been playing since July…
But people still miss Christmas… all the time.
How is that?
People today miss Christmas for the same reasons people missed the first Christmas.
Why do people often miss Christmas?
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People miss Christmas because of Busyness
This was the Innkeeper’s mistake that 1st Christmas.
Innkeeper
You know the story… In the last week of her pregnancy, Mary and Joseph had to travel to Bethlehem for a Roman Taxation Census.
Joseph checks at the local hotels and inns and they are all full… NO VACANCIES.
Now if you are the Innkeeper, this is a goods thing.
Business is booming, you are making money right and left.
It was a busy time of year and lots of people needed a place to stay.
He had no place for this couple and their baby & NO IDEA who he was snubbing.
Listen, Busyness caused him to miss his greatest opportunity.
He could have met God… been used by God… to be a good part of history…
Imagine the PR.
He would of course hang a sign… SOG born here
Q Are you to busy with YOUR business to make room for Jesus?
Do you have room in your schedule?
plans?
budget?
thoughts?
You could be so busy at Christmas that you miss meeting GOD!
2. People miss Christmas because of Familiarity or Indifference
You have heard it all before.
You have celebrated Christmas all your life… nothing special.
You know all the stories… songs and traditions...
You have become jaded… bored… lacking enthusiasm
You can become so familiar with something that it doesn’t AMAZE you anymore.
You miss the beauty of something… take it for granted.
You see it, but don’t do anything about it.
This is what the Religious Leaders did.
Religious Leaders
Check this out.
When the wise men arrived from the east, they ask HEROD in Jerusalem, where is the baby?
He has no idea so he gathers the Religious Scholars together...
Norice - These people knew about the prophecies of Jesus, the Savior, the KOK… they knew where he would be born.
They knew the scripture from memory.
But they were not impressed enough to go and see for themselves… Ho HUm...
Think about it!
Foreign dignitaries show up.
There is an unusual star in the sky.
then Herod calls them for an emergency meeting.
but none of them cared to check it out.
None of them checked it out!
They had the right answers, but they did not do anything about it.
It didn’t change their lives.
They didn’t even bother to go check it out in case it was true.
They would rather debate about the Savior than go see him.
Bethlehem was only 5 miles from Jerusalem.
That’s amazing that they knew all this about the coming Messiah, but didn’t go check it out.
ILL - I see blue flashing light, we go check it out… call dispatch to see of help is needed.
These guys didn’t do anything,
Background: For centuries, Israel was waiting for the Savior… the Messiah, promised by God… it was talked about… debated … studied…
But there was no room in their theology for God to Show Up.
All kinds of traditions had been tacked onto what the prophets fortold.
Over time, people paid more attention to the traditions than God.
Sound familiar?
Today: Intelligent people will participate in all the Christmas traditions… yet show no concern at all for checking out WHY Jesus came at Christmas and WHAT he came to do.
You can hang up all the lights you can and still be in the dark.
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People miss Christmas because of fear.
It doesn’t make sense to most of us, but some people miss Christmas because they are afraid of it.
It’s why they fight it… oppose it… file lawsuits against it.
This was King Herod’s Problem.
King Herod
He was afraid of Christmas!
He was paranoid because he was appointed as King… he wasn’t really a king.
He was afraid that everyone was after his throne.
He was ruthless against anyone he suspected.
killed his wife… brother in law.... 2 sons.
Five days before he died, he killed the rest of his sons and many prominent people in Jerusalem so that people would weep when he died.
When the Wise Men showed up from the East, asking, where is the king of the Jews to be born, Heron went off…
Herod’s fear finally led him to murder or massacre every baby born in Bethlehem.
It was his attempt to wipe out any competition to his throne.
Kathy and I have been to the place in Bethlehem where they discovered the bones.
Fear keeps a lot of people from getting to know God
People think they will lose their freedom… fun… (story of Chic at the bar) …
Herod was afraid that he would lose control.
No one was going be KING except him.
These are some of the people and some of the reasons why people miss Christmas.
So how do we NOT Miss Christmas?
What We Can Do To Not to Miss This Christmas
It’s a simple as stop… look … listen
STOP filling your life with less important things.
Don’t let busyness keep you from knowing God.
He is talking about the RAT RACE many people find themselves in.
So many people are sooo busy making a living… going to dance class… ball games…
Beware of the emptiness of busyness.
Busyness fills your calendar, but it tears apart a family.
The worst thing of all… people become too busy for the Lord.
How do you fix it?
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