Nephi is talking about making his record, and he doesn't want to use up the space on his plates with things that are written elsewhere. [Side note: This is an interesting observation when you take into consideration the number of things he quotes from Isaiah later on, but that's conversation for another day.]
Normally, when I read this kind of thing, I think about how this points to the fact that we need to realize that everything Nephi wrote would qualify as "the things of God", and how every little thing that Nephi (and subsequently those others who wrote in and/or abridged the records that re now known as the Book of Mormon) was included for a purpose. While I still think that is a valid point, this is not the point that I felt as I read this passage.
What stood out to me was the following question, adapted for my life:
"Do I desire the room [in my life] that I may [ponder, study, act on, and even write about] the things of God?"
Like that night in Bethlehem thousands of years ago, will I make room in the inn (my heart, mind, life) for the miracle that is Jesus Christ?
I have good days with this and not so good days with this. I make room in parts of my life, but not others. I can do so much better, but the point is clear: I DESIRE to make room for Him, and that is a great start.
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