To kick off our 19th annual Treasures of Hope Christmas Store, we're profiling individuals who played a role in the story of Jesus' birth in #12DaystoTreasures.
Jesus was born in a manger because there wasn't room for Him in the inn, according to the Book of Luke:
While the Bible doesn't name who turned away Mary and Joseph at the "Bethlehem Inn," we all can imagine a frustrated man or woman overcome by guests pouring into the roadside inn and distracted by providing enough food and other amenities. Perhaps this person was angered because so many walk-in guests hadn't booked a room ahead. Maybe the innkeeper was at a breaking point because the cook was out sick.
Overwhelmed by circumstances, that innkeeper assessed the situation based on human understanding and capacity. This person turned away Mary and Joseph away, not recognizing a leadership moment that was part of the eternal plan of God. Instead of asking Yahweh what to do, the innkeeper reached a decision independently of God. Unfortunately, the leadership moment passed by the innkeeper because the heaviness of human problems obscured Divine Opportunity.
How many times have you been too distracted to see God at work? How often do you rely on God instead of taking the time to pray? The best leaders struggle with prayerlessness and self-reliance. Many leaders measure opportunity by the boundaries of their knowledge and skills. They rely on their logical conclusions instead of praying and asking God for His perspective, purpose and power. Like the innkeeper, human-focused leaders miss wondrous events!
You can help Dallas Leadership Foundation and its volunteers operate from a spiritual capacity and not a human one this Christmas. Help us lead by donating your time or by buying gifts online for the Treasures of Hope Christmas Store. The store doors open on Monday, Dec. 12 and continues until.Dec. 15
We ask for your prayers and support so that we see the vastness of God's ability and not our limitations as we serve 600 families on His behalf this Christmas. We don't want to miss anything God wants to do!
If you want to donate toys and other items to Treasures of Hope so that we can make Christmas special for hundreds of Dallas families, please visit our online store at dlftx.org.
Jesus was born in a manger because there wasn't room for Him in the inn, according to the Book of Luke:In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. This was the first registration when Quirinius was governor of Syria. And all went to be registered, each to his own town. And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the town of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David, to be registered with Mary, his betrothed,[ who was with child. And while they were there, the time came for her to give birth. And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn (Luke 2:1-7).
While the Bible doesn't name who turned away Mary and Joseph at the "Bethlehem Inn," we all can imagine a frustrated man or woman overcome by guests pouring into the roadside inn and distracted by providing enough food and other amenities. Perhaps this person was angered because so many walk-in guests hadn't booked a room ahead. Maybe the innkeeper was at a breaking point because the cook was out sick.
Overwhelmed by circumstances, that innkeeper assessed the situation based on human understanding and capacity. This person turned away Mary and Joseph away, not recognizing a leadership moment that was part of the eternal plan of God. Instead of asking Yahweh what to do, the innkeeper reached a decision independently of God. Unfortunately, the leadership moment passed by the innkeeper because the heaviness of human problems obscured Divine Opportunity.
How many times have you been too distracted to see God at work? How often do you rely on God instead of taking the time to pray? The best leaders struggle with prayerlessness and self-reliance. Many leaders measure opportunity by the boundaries of their knowledge and skills. They rely on their logical conclusions instead of praying and asking God for His perspective, purpose and power. Like the innkeeper, human-focused leaders miss wondrous events!
You can help Dallas Leadership Foundation and its volunteers operate from a spiritual capacity and not a human one this Christmas. Help us lead by donating your time or by buying gifts online for the Treasures of Hope Christmas Store. The store doors open on Monday, Dec. 12 and continues until.Dec. 15
We ask for your prayers and support so that we see the vastness of God's ability and not our limitations as we serve 600 families on His behalf this Christmas. We don't want to miss anything God wants to do!
If you want to donate toys and other items to Treasures of Hope so that we can make Christmas special for hundreds of Dallas families, please visit our online store at dlftx.org.
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