This Sunday we’ve come to what, at first glance, feels like a pretty ordinary story.  But it’s anything but.  And that’s not because of what happens, but how little we know about what happens.  We’re continuing in our series on the life of Christ, Walking with Jesus: A Year with the Savior and we’ve come to the story of when Jesus was accidently left behind in the Temple, when he was twelve years old.

In the book, “The Christmas We Didn’t Expect,” David Mathis writes, “It's striking how little we know about most of Jesus’ life here on earth.  Between the events surrounding His celebrated birth and the beginning of His public ministry when He was “about thirty years of age” (Luke 3:23).  Given the influence and impact of His life, humanly speaking we might find it surprising that so little about His childhood, adolescence, and early adulthood is available.  That is, unless, divinely speaking, this is precisely how God would have it.  But why?”

And believe it or not, all of what we know about Jesus between the ages of two and thirty comes from  our passage for this Sunday.  We’re back in the Gospel of Luke this week (Luke 2:39-52) with a story about the boy Jesus listening and speaking with the priests in the Temple.  And some of the things we learn about Him, and from Him, could be life changing.  It should be interesting, and definitely worthwhile.  See you Sunday, Dr. Dave


P.S.  Please continue to pray about officer nominations.  If you need a guide or a nominations form, the link to them is on Realm.