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true I have a relationship with you and Joseph, but what you may
        not know is that I have a relationship with My Holy Father God.  My
        relationship with my Holy Father God is higher than my relationship
        with  you.    My  relationship  with  You  will  be  in  terms  with  my
        relationship to My Holy Father God.”  I hope God teaches us that
        truth.  Jesus will always do His Father’s will.  I must not quarrel
        with Him if He doesn’t meet my expectations.  My will is now in
        terms of the Father’s will.”

        There is  a strange expression here in the words  Jesus said.  The
        translation in my Bible says, “I must be about My Father’s house.”
        Another translation says, “I must be about My Father’s interests.”
        Another translation says, “I must be about My Father’s concerns.”
        Another  translation  says,  “I  must  be  about  My  Father’s  affairs.”
        Another translation is, “I must be occupied with the things of My
        Father.”    Why  are  there  so  many  translations  about  that  word?
        Here’s why.  In the original language in the Greek, Jesus said, “I
        must be about My Father’s…” and there is no noun.  The translator
        puts the noun in.  He’s trying to help you understand.  Jesus said, “I
        must be about My Father’s everything.  I must be about My Father’s
        will, about My Father’s pleasure, about His house, about His affairs,
        about His interests, and about His delight.

        There comes a time in life when a Christian has to learn that God
        relates to us in terms of His relationship to God.  The Lord Jesus
        will always relate to His Father first and then to me.  It’s about My
        Father’s will and not my wishes.  Luke 2:51, “And He went down
        with them, and came to Nazareth; and He continued in subjection to
        them; and His mother treasured all these things in her heart.”

        After  Jesus  said  that  to  Mary,  He  began  again  to  submit  to  His
        parents.  He did what they asked Him to do.  He went where they
        went  and  He  acted  according  to  their  expectations.    He  limited
        Himself to whatever His parents told Him.  Brothers and sisters in
        Christ, I told you that I chose this because it changed my life.  I want
        to show you how it was and how it is now.
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