When our children were little, each of them had an opportunity to lay in a manger and play baby Jesus. They didn’t know what they were doing, but they played the part well. Of course, there is a narrow window of time when a child can play the part of Jesus. Or is there?

Although we each grow physically and psychologically beyond where we could effectively portray Jesus as a baby, perhaps we should look for opportunities to portray Jesus as the adult child of God that He was. He was no sissy, sending the money-marketers in the Temple fleeing, walking on water on a stormy night, defending the embarrassed adulteress, and ordering demons from possessed people. That is a role model we should each strive to be like.

Who wants to be next to play Jesus?

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