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Lately we have been studying through “The Life of Christ” with a hope of drawing us closer to our Lord and Savior through looking at his life here on earth.
After all he was at the time “God in the flesh” (John 1:14).
However, like in our last study on Jesus’ mother, Mary, we are going to look back before Jesus began his ministry.
Jesus came to “seek and save the lost” (Luke 19:20) but before he even began his ministry we find people already “Seeking Jesus” and we can learn from them as well.
There are three groups we find doing this, the first “The Shepherds.”
In Luke 2:8-20 we read of some shepherds taking care of a heard near Bethlehem.
Upon hearing the “great news” of the Messiah’s entrance into this world they went about searching for him.
There a lot of people in this world that have “heard the good news of the Messiah” but unfortunately, not everyone that hears this news searches for him, until they actually find him.
Yet we are told, if we actually seek Jesus we will find him.
Like with these shepherds, it’s everyone’s responsibility to seek Jesus out and open the door to let him in when he is found.
He is eagerly awaiting everyone willing to seek, find, and let him in.
Not only did these shepherds find Jesus but they couldn’t help but “tell the good news” they had been given about him.
You might say they were the first “gospel preachers.”
When we seek Jesus and then find Jesus we ought not keep that good news to ourselves but tell all who are willing to listen.
We also come across those commonly called “The Magi” in Matthew 2:1-12.
These magi were not Jews which makes them seeking out the “King of the Jews” all the more interesting.
They obviously had insight into the prophecies of this one coming as they were in a far land.
Secular tradition says they were from Persia which makes a lot of sense considering the captivity of the Jews for a time under Cyrus.
When these magi saw the star, not told by angels, they set out to find this “Jewish King” in a foreign land, leaving behind their family, friends, and comforts.
When we seek Jesus we too must be willing to follow him wherever that might take us and leave behind whatever might hinder us from our search.
Though we won’t take the time in this study to read you should also read what Jesus taught about “counting the cost of discipleship” in Luke 14:25-33.
The third group to “Seek Jesus” before his ministry began can be found in Luke 2:41-52.
Here Jesus’ family went to Jerusalem for the Passover.
When the Passover was over Jesus’ parents left assuming he was with other family and/or friends.
After realizing he wasn’t with their group, that they had lost him, they went out searching for him.
Sometimes we can deceive ourselves and assume everything in our lives is fine, when in reality it is not.
The reality is we can “loose Jesus” as well.
This is why Paul tells us to constantly “test ourselves” to make sure we are “in the faith.”
When we find Jesus, obey his gospel, and start living for our King of kings and Lord of lords, Satan will attack his hardest then, and try everything within his arsenal to try and get us to “fall from grace.”
If you loose Jesus in your life I want you to know that there is no sin too great, no sin committed too evil for God’s love not to embrace you and forgive you “if” you come back to him and are willing to correct those ways.
Life is too short and eternity to long not to “Seek Jesus” in every circumstance.
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