My Father's business

I think one amazing thing about Jesus truly is His humility. He's not just humble in the obvious situations, but He is humble all the time. For example, when He got left behind at the temple in Jerusalem. He had a good reason to be there, but when His parents asked Him to leave, he was submissive to them. Anything less would have been to sin, and He certainly can't do that. Even though He had a good reason and even though He is definitely smarter than His parents, does He discount their fears and worries? No. Does He convince them to let Him stay? No. He goes with them. Plain and simple. He knows it is not yet time. He knows He can be an adult once He looks like one. Humility and patience. He certainly go the lion's share.

I love how human Mary and Joseph are. They seem like people with complete faith and trust in the Lord, but they really aren't. They both show moments of fear, worry, and doubt. It amazes me how the miraculous circumstances of Jesus's birth could be so easily forgotten. That is, they saw the greatest miracle in history and yet they still have trouble trusting the Lord's plan. They forget almost that Jesus is the Son of God. Not just another human boy, but divine. Ain't no way God's gonna let nothing happen to His son. Sometimes we people do just forget that God is there. He is there. He's not cooking dinner or something so He's busy right now. NO! He's right with us and He is working for our good. Fear and worry creep in and doubt overwhelms us. But in reality, we have nothing to fear. Oh the time we waste worrying about what God might do or could do! Oh the time we waste in fear of what He won't do. But the second we start second guessing God's perfect and good will for our lives, that's when doubt sets in and when things actually do start messing up.

So go about the Father's business, trusting that no matter where He takes you, He wants you there.