March 10
2019
About my Father’s Business
Now so it was that after three days they found Him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, both listening to them and asking them questions. And all who heard Him were astonished at His understanding and answers. So, when they saw Him, they were amazed; and His mother said to Him, “Son, why have You done this to us? Look, Your father and I have sought You anxiously.” And He said to them, “Why did you seek Me? Did you not know that I must be about My Father’s business?” But they did not understand the statement which He spoke to them. Luke 2:46-50
It is interesting to note that from the very start of Jesus’s ministry His intent and purpose was to be about “My Father’s business.”
What does going about “My Father’s business” look like?
The first thing to note was that Jesus sat and listened and asked questions.
V 12 tells us that Jesus was twelve years old when he went up to Jerusalem with His parents.
At the end of the trip they started home and realized He was not with them.
When they journeyed back to Jerusalem they found Him in the temple, with the teachers, listening and asking questions.
If Jesus sat and listened and asked questions, then surely we can humble ourselves to take the time to sit and ask questions.
The second thing of interest was that Jesus assumed that His parents would have understood where He was and what He was doing.
It was clear to Him what His purpose and intent looked like and He assumed that would show clearly to those around Him.
Is our intent and purpose to be “about the Father’s business” clearly seen and understood by those around us?
With all this in mind can we honestly say we are going “about our Father’s business”?
Are we seeking the Father, humbling ourselves to listen and ask questions, and is our intent and purpose clear to those around us?
Or are we winging it, doing out own thing and hoping that others see Jesus us in us regardless of whether we are walking out His plan or our own plan?
Oh that we would see the Lord daily for guidance and direction that we would truly be “about our Father’s business.”