Wise at Twelve

 

“And when he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem after the custom of the feast,” Luke 2:42.

His parents went with Him to Jerusalem.

“And when they had fulfilled the days, as they returned, the child Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem; and Joseph and his mother knew not of it,” Luke 2:43.

That was the situation. Come to think of it, the parents leave a twelve- year -old behind. How agonising! How worried!

In the modern world, once your child is missing, what haunts your mind is the worry of finding the kid murdered.

However, when the couple returned to Jerusalem, they found Him in the temple sitting in the middle of doctors…listening and asking questions. Amazing!

He did not wait until forty  before interacting with people in connection with His mission. He was only twelve.

Asking questions and listening involve thinking. This means a person should start young to be reasonable about his life. One should ask adults around and think of the future.

Starting young makes things easier concerning one’s purpose in life. It makes one avoid some obvious mistakes that may ruin his life.

Because of the lack of learning to be reasonable at a young age, most people start by being delinquent. By the time they realise that they have a life to lead, some already have HIV and AIDS, or are drug addicts and probably in prison serving lengthy sentences.

Many  people have died prematurely because of making foolish choices. Trouble could be avoided by learning to sit with wise adults at a young age ,listen and ask questions.

Some people have pursued certain careers ignorantly. By the time they realise that they could be better elsewhere, it is too late. Some end up being fired because of choosing wrongly.

Sitting down with wise people and asking questions leads one to making better choices  than drifting along amidst peer pressure. It is knowledge that makes people wise. Getting wise at a tender age is the greatest choice ever.