Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Ecclesiastes 3:1,7b; Luke 2:39-52
by: Steve Osborn.
How often do you pretend to be something you are not in an attempt to impress other people? In this story, we see that Jesus impressed the teachers and everyone else at the temple by being Himself. He was not trying to be precocious; He was simply trying to accomplish the business of His Father. It may be hard for you to see, but God has uniquely created you to be exactly who He needs you to be. That does not mean we should not try to learn and grow. But it does mean that we do not have to try to impress others. Simply by being ourselves and living out God’s wisdom in our lives, we can be impressive to Him. Is anything else really needed?