Why Did The Lord Jesus Need To Grow Up?

Then He went down with them and came to Nazareth, and was subject to them, but His mother kept all these things in her heart. And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men. Luke 2:51-52

There is this passage in Luke when Jesus was twelve and it can be a stumbling stone even for us. We might even wonder why they didn't turn around and place the young scholar in the hands of the priesthood for His training. And then there is this bit about our Lord Jesus increasing in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men. It all comes down to: Why did the Lord Jesus need to grow up?

The answer likely has something to do with our benefit. It shows us something about Him or about our condition. We can learn too that timing was important, and His time had not yet come as He would say later in His life. Also, we might easily protest the unfairness if the Lord got to skip over those years that caused many of us such difficulty. Strange though it may seem to us as we admire the perfection of our Lord Jesus, part of His mission was in growing up and into His lordship. How remarkable!

Truly we are still working to understand the wonder of our Lord Jesus,

Bucky