Luke 2:41-52

The Story of My Life as told by Jesus Christ

October 12, 2012    I Reasoned with Religious Teachers       

Page 31        Luke 2:41-52

The way Jesus tells this story has an interesting similarity to story he will tell about the two disciples on the road to Emmaus. (Pages 321-22) In both stories, there is a period of three days where Jesus was ‘lost’ and then found again. In both stories Jesus used an imperative to explain what happened: “I must be in my Father’s house”; “the Messiah would have to suffer all these things.” From Jesus’ perspective in both stories, he is not the one who is lost; he is just doing what was necessary for the Messiah to do.

Jesus’ perspective creates a dichotomy for me. On one hand, I know from the Apostle Paul that nothing can separate me from Christ, because Christ lives in me. (Romans 8:35-39 & Colossians 1:27) But on the other hand, from this story that Jesus tells, he is going to be doing what he needs to do, and it is possible that I might lose sight of him.

I understand this to mean that I cannot go off in any direction I choose and assume Jesus will always be with me. However, I can rest in the knowledge that if I do lose sight of Jesus, he can be found again. I just have to look in the right places: the sacraments, prayer and the Bible.

Sē’lah

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What word or phrase in today’s reading attracts your attention?

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(Selah is a word that appears in the Book of Psalms that I often use as the Complimentary Closing in my correspondence. Its meaning, as I use the word, is to pause and think about these things.)

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The Story of My Life as told by Jesus Christ

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