What Jesus Did! 'The Right Time Came' — Luke 2:6-7

We all wait in anticipation for the birth of a child in our families. We are waiting for the time to come. No one can be sure when that time will arrive. The sages may debate about how the baby is being carried and speculate on the arrival date. Doctors and nurses will talk about subtle body signals, dilation, and effacement, but they can't be sure either. Young children awaiting a new sibling will drive everyone crazy by asking every day for months if this is the day. Imagine the excitement among the angels of heaven at this birth of Jesus! It wasn't just Joseph and Mary who were waiting. The hosts of heaven awaited Jesus' birth. ^[1] So at just the right time, ^[2] the "time came for her baby to be born." Like any good mother, Mary welcomed her child, and God began his gracious and sacrificial journey through humanity, swaddled at his birth like every other new baby, but with his bed made in a manger — a humble beginning for a humble life. ^[3] The question you and I face is whether we will give God a room in the most important place, a place in our hearts.