[Applause] welcome to today's encouragement from our daily bread I'm Mike Whitmer and I entitled today's reading room for Jesus I loved my weekend in New Orleans happening upon a parade in the French Quarter visiting the national World War II Museum and trying grilled oysters but as I fell asleep in my friend's spare room I missed my wife kids I enjoy opportunities to preach in other cities but I most enjoy being home one aspect of jesus' life that is sometimes overlooked is how many of his most important events happened on the road the Son of God
entered our world in Bethlehem and incalculable distance from his Heavenly home and far from his family's hometown of Nazareth Bethlehem was overflowing with extended family in town for the census so Luke says there wasn't even a spare kataluma or guest room available what was missing at jesus' Birth did show up at his death as Jesus led his disciples into Jerusalem he told Peter and John to prepare for their Passover meal they should follow a piter carrying man to his home and ask the owner for the kataluma the guest room where Christ and his disciples could
eat the Last Supper there in borrowed space Jesus instituted what is now called communion which foreshadowed his looming crucifixion we love home but if we travel with the spirit of Jesus even a guest room can be a place of communion with [Music] him today's our daily bread devotional scripture reading is from Luke 2: 1-7 in those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world this was the first census that took place while Kus was governor of Syria and everyone went to their own town to register so
Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea to Bethlehem the town of David because he belong to the house in line of David he went there to register with Mary who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child 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 let's pray Jesus Friend of the traveler far from
home please help us to remember you are Emmanuel always with us thank you Lord it's in your name that we pray amen today's encouragement was provided by Our Daily Bread Ministries
