HIS ACTION
“’Why were you searching for Me?’ He asked. ‘Didn’t you know I had to be in My Father’s house?’” Luke 2:49
Home in the Father’s House
HIS EXAMPLE TO US
Jesus made it a priority to be in His Father’s house.
MY STORY
I’ve gone to church my whole life. As a young child my mother would help me get there by walking me across the busy street, and as I got older she would wait to make sure I got across okay, and pretty soon I was going alone. Dad always gave me a quarter to put in the offering plate and every Sunday I took the Bible my grandmother gave me. The only time I missed was if I was sick or we were out of town on vacation. I served in that church as a young person, too. Acolyte duties, watching babies in the bride’s room, singing in the choir, and Scripture reading were a big part of my church life. I loved it. As a young adult I moved on from that church to another church where I started serving in Women’s Ministry and I have served in that capacity ever since. Church is home; it’s where I want to be; it’s my custom; it’s my life.
MY RESPONSE
As a young person, Jesus wanted to be in His Father’s house. That’s where Mary and Joseph found Him after missing Him for three days. It is further recorded in Luke that Jesus went to the synagogue on the Sabbath, as was His custom. Going to the Father’s house should always be my priority, my custom, and my life. After all, it is a foretaste of the glorious home I’m on my way to.
MY PRAYER
Father, thank You for Your house here on earth. May it always be the place I want to be more than anywhere else. And may it be said of me that I rejoiced when they said, “Let us go to the house of the LORD.” Amen.