I was walking by the nursing mothers’ room at church on the way to the restroom.  I stopped in surprise when I looked and in the room was a manger.  Baby Jesus was not in the manger instead there was a box. Not what I expected to see. The question that ran through my mind “Where is baby Jesus?”  

Contemplating this, I realized that the Nativity Scene was just one moment in time, a snapshot in history. One setting where our Savior had a starring role. Sure, it was a monumental moment.  Like a stone in Joshua, taken from the river Jordan, to remember.  This moment was a stone.  By it we stand in awe that Christ would humble himself. Amazed that he would stoop so low, that he would come as one so small and helpless, and that this stunning moment ever happened.  We have a whole entire season where we remember that one sacred event.  This is good, because in it we see God’s faithfulness and provision.  We see his sacrifice and his great love for us. 

Yet we cannot forget where Jesus is right now.  He is not in the manger any longer.  Neither is he walking the earth and ministering as he did in his lifetime.  Nor is he on the cross or in the tomb.  No, he is risen!  He is seated at the right hand of the Father.  Right now He reigns, he rules, and he is reaching out offering us freedom and salvation.  

Yes, we should remember, we should observe the stones which show God was a God who worked in mysterious ways, amazing perplexing ways when he sent his son so humbly to us.  We can’t get stuck there though, in the past staring at a now empty manager and thinking we will find Christ there.  We need to live for right now. Look for Jesus right now.  

This is the only moment we have.  The past is gone, the future may never come, and right now, it’s all we have. Right now, I know where baby Jesus is.  He grew up, he rose, and he is at this moment making intercession for me before God himself.  His spirit is within me, comforting, empowering, and strengthening me.  His Father calls me child/His.  Wow!  As amazing as the Christmas story is, and even the incomprehensible way he saved us by dying for our sins on the cross.  Right now is just as amazing!  Just knowing where He is right now gives me hope and peace and joy. It can do the same for you. 

Do you know where Jesus is?  If not, just ask Him to be with you.  He wants to be, that’s why he came, that’s why he died, and that’s why He is even now interceding and reaching for you!