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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
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.”