On Coming Back Again
George H. Morrison
Luke 2:5l
That visit to Jerusalem was one of the great hours of the life of Jesus. It must have moved Him to the depths. Often in the quiet home at Nazareth His mother had spoken to Him of the Holy City. And the boy, clinging to her knee, had eagerly listened to all she had to tell. Now He was there, moving through the streets, feasting His eyes upon the Temple. He had reached the city of His dreams. Clearly it was a time of vision. "Wist ye not that I must be about My Father's business?" (Luke 2:49). In that moving hour there broke on Him the revelation of His unique vocation. And the beautiful thing is that after such an hour, He quietly went back to Nazareth and was subject to Mary and to Joseph. He drew the water from the well again. He did little daily errands for His mother. He weeded the garden, tended the flowers in it, lent a hand to Joseph in the shop. And all this after that great hour which had changed His outlook upon everything and moved Him to the very depths.
That faithful and radiant way of coming back again was very characteristic of the Lord. We see it later at the Transfiguration (Matt. 17:1-9). That was a splendid and a shining hour when heaven drew very near to earth. Such hours find fitter environment on mountain-tops than on the lower levels of the world. There Moses and Elias talked with Him. There was heard the awful voice of God. There His very garments became lustrous. After such an hour of heavenly converse, you and I would have craved to be alone. Voices would have had a jarring sound; company would have been deemed intrusion. And again the beautiful thing about our Lord is that after such a heavenly hour as that He came right down to the epileptic boy. Instead of the voices of Moses and Elias, the clamor and confusion of the crowd. Instead of the tranquillity of heaven, the horrid contortions of the epileptic. It was the way of Jesus, after His hours of vision, to come right back, whole- ...
George H. Morrison
Luke 2:5l
That visit to Jerusalem was one of the great hours of the life of Jesus. It must have moved Him to the depths. Often in the quiet home at Nazareth His mother had spoken to Him of the Holy City. And the boy, clinging to her knee, had eagerly listened to all she had to tell. Now He was there, moving through the streets, feasting His eyes upon the Temple. He had reached the city of His dreams. Clearly it was a time of vision. "Wist ye not that I must be about My Father's business?" (Luke 2:49). In that moving hour there broke on Him the revelation of His unique vocation. And the beautiful thing is that after such an hour, He quietly went back to Nazareth and was subject to Mary and to Joseph. He drew the water from the well again. He did little daily errands for His mother. He weeded the garden, tended the flowers in it, lent a hand to Joseph in the shop. And all this after that great hour which had changed His outlook upon everything and moved Him to the very depths.
That faithful and radiant way of coming back again was very characteristic of the Lord. We see it later at the Transfiguration (Matt. 17:1-9). That was a splendid and a shining hour when heaven drew very near to earth. Such hours find fitter environment on mountain-tops than on the lower levels of the world. There Moses and Elias talked with Him. There was heard the awful voice of God. There His very garments became lustrous. After such an hour of heavenly converse, you and I would have craved to be alone. Voices would have had a jarring sound; company would have been deemed intrusion. And again the beautiful thing about our Lord is that after such a heavenly hour as that He came right down to the epileptic boy. Instead of the voices of Moses and Elias, the clamor and confusion of the crowd. Instead of the tranquillity of heaven, the horrid contortions of the epileptic. It was the way of Jesus, after His hours of vision, to come right back, whole- ...
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