Life's Journey

Even Jesus submitted Himself to earthly authority and by doing so submitted to His heavenly Father.  Learning obedience and submission is probably one of the hardest things to learn in life.  I was reading that even Jesus had to to do this and guess what He received from it – “He went down to Nazareth, with his parents and was obedient to them…and Jesus grew (increased, matured) in wisdom and stature, and favor with God and man.” Lk. 2:51-52.  Wow, even though Jesus had all authority and knew that He was the son of God at this point in His life, he still fully submitted to his parents, who were not sinless and faultless! What an example of obedience and because of His obedience and submission, He grew (matured, increased) in wisdom and stature, and in the favor of God and man!  I guess the key to growing in wisdom, stature, and the favor of God and man is to learn to be obedient and submissive. Doesn’t sound hard but is a challenge every day as we learn to die to the flesh and follow Him daily. Obedience must be a lifestyle and not an occasional event! (Philippians 2:12-1)