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You know the story. Luke 2:43, “…and as they were returning, after
spending the full number of days, the boy Jesus stayed behind in
Jerusalem. And His parents were unaware of it.” Based on their
relationship Mary expected Jesus to go home when they went home.
When they didn’t see Jesus, according to Luke 2:44, they thought
He was with the relatives.

I can understand Mary’s point. I have six children and based on my
relationship with them, I have expectations. If I had a twelve year
old son and he didn’t come home with us, I would not be happy. My
firstborn son is David. We had a curfew to be home at a certain
time. One day David missed the curfew. He was late and he
thought, “I’m late anyway and I’m going to get in trouble, so I might
as well stay here all night.” So, he stayed all night. He did not call
us and we did not know where he was. He figured that he was in
trouble anyway and he might as well stay. Something like that
happened in this case.

We have a relationship with Jesus and sometimes based on our
relationship, we have expectations of Jesus. I’m a child of God and
I expect Him to keep me from tragedy. I’m a child of God and I
expect Him to keep me from sickness. And if I get sick, because of
my relationship, I expect Him to heal me. I expect Him to keep me
from poverty. It’s all based on a relationship. I have expectations
but sometimes He doesn’t meet my expectations.

A tremendous statement was made when Jesus was twelve years old.
When His mother heard it, she didn’t understand it. So, she put it in
her heart. The Bible says that she thought about it, she pondered it
in her heart. How long did she ponder it in her heart? The answer
is she pondered it until He was thirty years old. She didn’t
understand what He said.

Luke 2:49, Jesus said, “And he said to them, ‘Why is it that you were
looking for Me? Did you not know that I had to be in My Father’s
house?’” Let me put that in my own words. He said, “Mother, it’s