The Lord Jesus as a Youth

Luke 2:40-52
Little is known about the life of our Lord Jesus Christ during His first thirty years on earth prior to His public ministry. But there is a portion in Luke 2 that pulls back the veil on that perfect young Man. It provides a brief glimpse that might be an encouragement to young people and parents. With ever-increasing peer pressure to conform to a wicked world and a lukewarm Christendom, it is more urgent than ever that we follow the example of our blessed Lord with a devoted heart and single eye on Him.
There are eight characteristics of our Lord Jesus we ought to consider when His parents returned to Jerusalem seeking Him (v. 45.)The moral order of these things is a good lesson in itself.
Sitting
First of all He was found sitting in the temple in the midst of the doctors. The Lord Jesus was sitting in a place where the Word of God was taught and discussed. Are you? Are you regularly attending Bible studies and prayer meetings? Some will say, "But things are not going too well in the church right now so why should I go?" Well, consider how corrupt this very temple was in which the Lord was sitting. It was truly a "den of thieves" and "a house of merchandise," but Jesus was still there, although briefly. The temple had hypocrites then and the church has the same today, but as there were God-fearing saints in the temple then, as Anna and Simeon, so there are Christians today who fear the Lord and need the encouraging presence of younger brethren at assembly meetings.