"And He said to them, 'Why is it that you were looking for Me? Did you not know that I had to be in My Father's house?'" - Luke 2:49
I just love the sort of matter of fact way in which Jesus asks this question of his parents. Surely he knows that they left Jerusalem two days ago (go back and read verse 44), but does he recognize the heartache of a parent whose child has gone missing? I doubt it. But even if he did, then you have to further wonder if it would have made any difference in his actions.
You see, Jesus had his priorities straight. He was about His Father's business (another common translation of the final word of His question). Did he care for his mother and father? Was he concerned with what they wanted for him? I think "yes" is the appropriate answer to both of those questions, but He also knew that His calling, His future was rooted in something/someone far greater. Christ's mission was to fulfill what His Father had in store for Him.
The same is true for us as followers of Christ. Our Father has something greater in store for us, but we must live in His house and be about His business.
I remember when I first told my mother I was going into education. "Ok, but there's no money in education," she said. But I was/am perfectly okay with that because I know that educating children is the very business that God has created me to do. He has gifted me for it and made a way for me to get to doing it.
And the same is true of you housewives, accountants, public servants, electricians, dentists, prayer warriors, custodians, and so on. And when someone asks you why you do what you do, then just be sure to tell them that you, like Christ, are in your Father's house and all about the business that He has set before you.
Praise God!
Pastor Chris
"The gospel is the story of Jesus [what God's only Son has done for us that we can't do for ourselves], spoken as a promise." - Robert Jenson
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