MEDITATIONS
FROM THE GOSPELS
May 3, 2006
Reading: Luke 2:41-50
“Did you not know
that I must be about My Father's business?” Luke 2:49
It is springtime and the countryside is full of the new life that always blossoms at this time of the year. My soul, this has always been the favorite time of the year for you as you enjoy everything from new buds on the trees to calves and lambs in the fields. New life, for the most part, precedes a lifetime of fulfillment that its Creator planned for it. From the smallest seed grows gorgeous flowers and giant trees while the tiny, helpless colt may one day mature to win the Kentucky Derby. Every seed, whether plant or animal, if allowed to mature, will play its part in the overall purpose of God.
It is none the less for men and women who begin their life
journey as a tiny embryo in their mother’s womb. God has a purpose for that
life especially if that person becomes a member of the body of Christ through
salvation. Jesus, about to enter His teenage years, was not different from many
other 12 year olds who evidenced an interest in that which would consume their
lives later on. As the temple teachers expounded the scriptures Jesus not only
listened but asked questions of them that amazed them. This Seed was maturing
at an early age for He was predestinated to become
“I do nothing of Myself; but as My Father taught Me, I speak these things”
John 8:28-29.
“But the Helper, the Holy Spirit,
whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring
to your remembrance all things that I said to you” John 14:26-27.
“Make Your
face shine upon Your servant, and teach me Your statutes” Ps 119:135.
“Teach me to do Your
will, for You are my God; Your Spirit is good. Lead me in the land of
uprightness” Ps 143:10.