Where is Jesus?

Show Video Jesus in the temple.

We hear Jesus and go on our journey.

Sometimes we get so caught up in going on our journey that when look up we dont know where Jesus is.

I felt challenged by God to take more moments to acknowledge where Jesus is and what He is doing more often.

Luke 2:41–52 NASB95

Now His parents went to Jerusalem every year at the Feast of the Passover. And when He became twelve, they went up there according to the custom of the Feast; and as they were returning, after spending the full number of days, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. But His parents were unaware of it, but supposed Him to be in the caravan, and went a day’s journey; and they began looking for Him among their relatives and acquaintances. When they did not find Him, they returned to Jerusalem looking for Him. Then, after three days they found Him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, both listening to them and asking them questions. And all who heard Him were amazed at His understanding and His answers. When they saw Him, they were astonished; and His mother said to Him, “Son, why have You treated us this way? Behold, Your father and I have been anxiously looking for You.” 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?” But they did not understand the statement which He had made to them. 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. And Jesus kept increasing in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men.

We get sucked into our journey life’s challenges so easy.

At times we stop and look around and we dont know where Jesus is.

When you dont know where the manifest presence of Jesus is in your life is, look for Fathers business.

You get sucked into providing and working, you find Him in that conversation you had with a co worker.

You find Him again when someone complains of pain and you invite Jesus to heal them.

You may be getting ready for a baby to be born, you find Jesus holding and loving the baby in the womb already. You find Him when you think of the prays He has answered.

You get busy running a preschool keeping people from chewing each-others heads off, or trying to make sure all classes are covered, doors are closed, You find Jesus in that meeting you did not want to have with a staff member who was breaking the rules.

You get busy surviving a flood and trying to figure out how your going to keep living and have a roof over you head, but you look up and see an entire community coming together to love and serve each other. You find Jesus in that temple.

You suffered a loss and your just trying to survive each day at a time, but when you dad calls you find Jesus just listening to him.

You are suffering your own loss but you stay on the phone when your sister has to tell family of their loss.

Your busy and have plenty to do on the house, but you say yes to going to a church event.

You often find the manifest presence of Jesus when pouring out to others.

My dad and Bulgaria.

You dont find Jesus in numbers or man’s measuring systems of value.

You used to only be able to find Jesus or God’s manifest presence in the temple of Jerusalem.

Now you find Jesus in and with the new temple and that temple is people.

John 10:3 NASB95

“To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.