Why Are You Searching For Me?
Today we hear the first words Jesus speaks in the Gospel of Luke. And his first words are a question.
I have long been fascinated by Jesus’ questions.
He asks 307 questions in the gospels and only answers 3.
And so every time I run across one of his questions, I’ve learned that it will almost always lead me to unexpected spiritual places.
Given that asking questions is one of his primary modes of interacting with people, I shouldn’t be surprised that the first words out of his mouth in this gospel are a question.
“Why were you searching for me?”
That’s actually an incredibly relevant question for all of us.
Why are we searching for Jesus?
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