Luke 2:52 is a very familiar passage of scripture that is the culmination of an important life lesson. Many of us want to get ahead. We want to move past where we are in our lives. We want to do better. We feel as if we are not where we should be or need to be. We look around and compare ourselves to others and believe that we don't have all that we deserve at this point in our lives.
Our thoughts drift to how we should have, could have or would have if we had been provided different opportunities. We focus on what we perceive to be lack and sometimes become depressed because we want better for ourselves and our children, but feel unequipped to get to where we've imagined we should be.
But this scripture in its entirety reveals how we can obtain what we so desperately long for in our hearts. Following is how we can get there:
1. Remember that you are subject to the law of the land. Verses 1-5 and 21-25 detail how Joseph and Mary obeyed the laws that they were subject to because of where they lived and who they were.
2. God will always make a way for you by taking care of your needs and moving others in the position to be a blessing in your life. Verses 9-12 talk about how the Lord revealed to the shepherds were the family would be and what they needed to do.
3. We must learn to appreciate our now because right now is the substance that later is created from. Learn to worship God right now to reduce your feelings of regret, fear, doubt, loneliness etc. Verses 6& 7.
4. Praise Him. Verses 13 & 14 detail how the angels gave God praise for the fulfillment of the promise of a savior. We must give God praise for who He is and for all that He's done. We must be careful to prove our reference for His power through our sincere worship.
5. Follow the instructions given to you by God. Listen for God's voice. Do what He tells you to do and do it with haste! Verses 16-18.
6. Remember all that God is doing in your life and all that He has done. Make a memorial of praise to His power. That reminds you that He is your source. Verse. 19
7. God will provide you an under shepherd to guide you and to bless your life. Verses 25-35.
8. God will always provide a witness. Verses 36-38.
9. We are all accountable to be available, to give an answer and to be obedient. Even Jesus in all His authority and power had to answer to His natural parents and to God. Verses 40-51 express the importance of not checking out and doing your own thing, but to accepting the discipline that comes with subjecting yourself to the authority that God has placed over you. God has a good reason for it. He works through authority. While you are being still He is endowing you with the ability to handle the authority that He will give you.
10. All of these things develop us, mature us, allow us to self-examine and to make changes so that we become better people spiritually and naturally. As we see ourselves and make corrections we grow and as we grow and change God sees. As we take one step He takes two. He blesses us with the things that we can now handle because we allowed Him to have His perfect work in our lives. As we grow in godly things then others take note and our gifts begin to make room for us--not our pride, not our ability, not our talent, but what matters most is our humility, our obedience and our accountability.
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