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Thursday of the First Week after the Epiphany
Today’s Reading: Luke 2:41-52
Daily Lectionary: Ezekiel 38:1-23; Romans 7:1-20
And he said to them, “Why were you looking for me? Did you not know that I must be in my Father’s house?” (Luke 2:49)
In the Name + of Jesus. Amen. There’s a lot of speculation about Jesus as a child. We expect Him to be different. Twelve-year-old me was different from me today. Knowing me back then gives insight into who I am today. So we figure if we knew more about kid Jesus, we’d know more about God.
The thing is, He really only has one story. It plays itself out over and over again throughout time, even here. His parents were in Jerusalem for the Passover, a remembrance of the blood of the lamb that saved God’s people from death. He was gone for three days, then appeared again in the temple. It really should sound familiar.
Jesus was the Passover Lamb, sacrificed to save you from death. He was apart from us for three days, then rose from the grave. Now we find Him in Body and Blood in the temple, given and shed for you for the forgiveness of sins. Same story. Over and over. Now and forever more. We don’t need more. Young Jesus is the same as adult Jesus, is the same as the pre-incarnate Son of God, is the same as Jesus for you given in the temple today. It’s not a letdown. It’s good news. The story of saving you is the only story God wants to tell. In the Name + of Jesus. Amen. –Rev. Harrison Goodman
Jesus has come as the King of all glory! Heaven and earth, O declare His great pow’r, Capturing hearts with the heavenly story; Welcome Him now in this fast-fleeting hour! Ponder His love! Take the crown He has for you! Jesus has come! He, the King of all glory! (Jesus Has Come and Brings Pleasure Eternal, LSB 533:4)
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By Higher Things®Today’s Reading: Luke 2:41-52
Daily Lectionary: Ezekiel 38:1-23; Romans 7:1-20
And he said to them, “Why were you looking for me? Did you not know that I must be in my Father’s house?” (Luke 2:49)
In the Name + of Jesus. Amen. There’s a lot of speculation about Jesus as a child. We expect Him to be different. Twelve-year-old me was different from me today. Knowing me back then gives insight into who I am today. So we figure if we knew more about kid Jesus, we’d know more about God.
The thing is, He really only has one story. It plays itself out over and over again throughout time, even here. His parents were in Jerusalem for the Passover, a remembrance of the blood of the lamb that saved God’s people from death. He was gone for three days, then appeared again in the temple. It really should sound familiar.
Jesus was the Passover Lamb, sacrificed to save you from death. He was apart from us for three days, then rose from the grave. Now we find Him in Body and Blood in the temple, given and shed for you for the forgiveness of sins. Same story. Over and over. Now and forever more. We don’t need more. Young Jesus is the same as adult Jesus, is the same as the pre-incarnate Son of God, is the same as Jesus for you given in the temple today. It’s not a letdown. It’s good news. The story of saving you is the only story God wants to tell. In the Name + of Jesus. Amen. –Rev. Harrison Goodman
Jesus has come as the King of all glory! Heaven and earth, O declare His great pow’r, Capturing hearts with the heavenly story; Welcome Him now in this fast-fleeting hour! Ponder His love! Take the crown He has for you! Jesus has come! He, the King of all glory! (Jesus Has Come and Brings Pleasure Eternal, LSB 533:4)