Luke 2 - 1/11/08 - Friday

So our passage for these past few days is Luke 2.
The beginning of this passage just seems to tell the miraculous story of Jesus' birth.
Versus 1-38 did not really say much to me. They just seemed to talk about Jesus' birth and how angels, shepherds, priests/priestesses all glorified and honored Baby Jesus.
Verse 39 reads "When Joseph and Mary had done everything required by the Law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee to their own town of Nazareth"
I found verse 39 pretty interesting because it shows that Joseph/Mary really love God and did what God wanted FIRST before anything else.
Verse 40 reads "And the child grew and became strong; he was filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon him"
This shows that Jesus is... Godlike... but then again, i think that we should try and strive and put ourselves into that verse too, like "and Freddy grew and become strong; he was filled with wisdom and the grace of God was upon him"
Verse 41-50 talk about Jesus going to town, going to the church and then his parents leave to go home and lose Jesus and find him 3 days later at the church. His parents are worried and Jesus tells them "Why were you searching for me? Didn't you know I had to be in my Father's house?" His parents were initially pissed at him for ditching them without telling them. If this happened nowadays, i think that my parents would be pissed at me if i ditched them to go on a church camp or somethin for a few days without telling them; However, Jesus had pure and good intentions.
Verse 51 reads "his mother treasured all these things in her heart" I think that this also shows alot of faith. Mary does not really understand wats going on. Shes probably still pissed that Jesus ditched them for 3 days, but she still humbles herself to this little 12 year old (thats like, Deeds status...) and treasures what Jesus says and does.
Verse 52 reads "And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men"
I think that similar to verse 40, what if we put ourselves into this verse? what if it read "and freddy/ivan grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men"? i think that it would be golden if that were true.
There were many lessons learned from this chapter, but the most important thing, is to have Faith and remember that we too can increase in wisdom, stature and favor with God and men... strive towards it.