There was a prophetess Annah who was widowed after seven years and served God in the temple in prayers and fastings. She also praised God about the child and spoke about Him to everyone around.
They returned home and the child Jesus continued to grow strong and increased in wisdom and the grace of God was upon Him.
We see here that even Jesus needed grace from His childhood; how much do we need this grace if we are to grow strong and wiser. This grace of God is given only to the humble. James 4:6, 1Pet 5:5. Thus if we are to continually enjoy God's grace, which is God's power to help us do everything that God requires if us; 2Cor 12:9, 9:8, Heb 13:9....we must always be humble. We also will constantly increase in wisdom. Humility is to let God be God, always acknowledging our need and lack waiting for His help and never trusting in ourselves to do anything He requires if us without His power.
Jesus' parents used to Go to the yearly feast in the temple, and when Jesus was twelve, He was left and His parents assumed they he was among the crowd. They sought Him and found in the temple after 3days sitting among the teachers listening and asking them questions. All who heard Him were amazed at His answers. When His parents asked Him why He did that, He said He ought to be in His Fathers house.
It's interesting that at such a young age Jesus had a great hunger for God's word. He listed keenly to the teachers and asked questions to understand well. REMEMBER THAT HE DID NOT HAVE A BIBLE AND COULD ONLY LISTEN TO GODS WORD WHEN HE WENT TO THE TEMPLE.
You have a bible in your home, how much hungry are you to know what God says? Do you long to hear God more than following a TV program?
Do you long to hear God more than watching a football match or that series?
Jesus says to you; FOLLOW ME. Ask God to give you an insatiable hunger for His word which will surpass all other longings and hungers in your life.
Are you bored with God's word? Seek to be filled with the Holy Spirit and the bible will become a new book to you and it be the most interesting book of all.
He went down with them and continued obeying and submitting to His parents and He increased in wisdom and stature and in favour with God and men.
Here we see humility of Jesus in submitting to imperfect parents, Joseph and Mary and thus increased in wisdom.
We also must submit to imperfect authorities that God places over us if we are to increase in wisdom and favour. Jesus was perfect and saw the weaknesses Of His parents and He never even despised them or compared His perfection with His parents imperfections. We must also follow Him here, in submission to imperfect authorities and never despising them even when we see their weaknesses and when we see areas we are better than them.
Never speak evil of the authorities God has placed over you. God will not be able to use you fully as He desires if you don't submit to imperfect authority.
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