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Good morning, Champion.
=DON’T GO LOSING JESUS (CONT’D)=
Luke 2:43–49 (NIV)
"After the Feast was over, while his parents were returning home, the boy
Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem, but they were unaware of it. Thinking he
was in their company, they traveled on for a day. Then they began looking
for him among their relatives and friends. When they did not find him, they
went back to Jerusalem to look for him. After three days they found him in
the temple courts, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking
them questions."
We spoke yesterday about making sure that, in all of our doing, we do not
'lose Jesus'. Mary and Joseph never set out that day to lose Him, and were
in shock horror when they discovered they had. What was it that caused them
to lose Him? I can think of a few possibilities, and they are the very
things that can often make us lose or run ahead of Him as well.
_The Crowd_
Thousands of people were leaving Jerusalem all at once. There must have been
crowds everywhere; maybe it was the crowds that made it easy to misplace
Jesus? We all have crowds we need to deal with in everyday life: dealing
with people, work, different situations that can arise, and just being
distracted by other things that are happening (the hustle and bustle of
life). Crowds of one kind or another are always a part of life. Just purpose
in your heart that you are not going to leave Jesus behind because of them.
As I said yesterday, I have done it – the busyness of serving Him in
ministry has, at times, taken up the time I would use for walking with Him.
The good news is He never lets you wander too far before you know He is
missing. Let's make sure we keep our priority knowing Him with us, in the
midst of what we do.
_Presumption_
The problem may have been their presuming or supposing Him to be with them
in what they were doing. They never stopped to check He was around or ready
to go where they were going next. Don't live faster than God, and never just
presume He is going where you are in a hurry to go. Check! Thinking that He
agrees with what you are doing can be the issue –don't just rubber stamp
everything you are doing with "God is cool with this". Take a moment to
check. Presuming or supposing He has finished doing what He was doing, we
can move on from things nice and fast, but always make sure He has finished
doing what He wanted. I have noticed God does not move on until He finished
what He set out to do.
Hope this gives you good food for thought today. Beware of the crowds of
busyness, and take time to check He is with you where you are heading next.
You can save yourself four days or more if you do!
Andy
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