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Wednesday... They didn't miss him at first.


Luke 2:43 (NLT), "After the celebration was over, they started home to Nazareth, but Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. His parents didn't miss him at first."

Wednesday... They didn't miss him at first.

Now at the age of twelve, Jesus and his family went from their home in Nazareth to Jerusalem for the Passover festival. They all went on a trip. It wasn't the norm, it was a celebration. Luke 2:43 (NLT) says, "After the celebration was over, they started home to Nazareth, but Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. His parents didn't miss him at first."


It seems that they assumed that he was among the other travelers but when he didn't show up they started looking for him among their relatives and their friends.

We can have so many distractions in our lives and we can assume that Jesus is with us but somehow we have left him behind until. And an until can be so important in our lives because it causes us to stop and look for where Jesus is.

I don't know what you are going through but I do know that Jesus is where he is suppose to be but it is us that can get off track. 

Now we have had some news come our way this week that was a great surprise. We were coming back from a special time in California but we then got a call that reminded us that we needed God. Our life was changing and we needed to find where God was and what he was doing.  

The last part of verse 43 says, "they started home to Nazareth, but Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. His parents didn't miss him at first." And that can be so true of us and our lives. 

We can take charge of our life without any regard for where Jesus is until something happens to show us that Jesus has other plans and we need to stop and find out where he is and what his priority is. Now spending time in his Word is a great way to find what is important to him. But a call, a letter, a surprise can get our attention that God is moving our life in a different direction and we need to search for him and what his priority is for our life. We need to get where he is and what his plans are in focus.

Verses 45-47 says, "When they couldn't find him, they went back to Jerusalem to search for him there. Three days later they finally discovered him in the Temple, sitting among the religious teachers, listening to them and asking questions. All who heard him were amazed at his understanding and his answers."

Verses 49-50 (MSG) says. "He said, 'Why were you looking for me? Didn't you know that I had to be here, dealinging with the things of my Father?' But they had no idea what he was talking about."

We really do think we know but an until can happen that gets our focus back upon what God's purpose is in our lives. We too can be amazed at his understanding and his answers. We just need to stop and get focused again. 

Yes, we are in the process of making changes in our life. God is definitely taking us in a different direction and it is amazing. Thanks Jesus for the human example for dealing with the things of our Father, and thanks God for getting our attention. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning




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