For October 4, 2026
He Came From The Place We Are Going by Greg Holmes, D.MIN – Director of Missions serving 17 churches
ONLY THE ONE WHO CAME FROM ABOVE could speak so knowingly and so intimately about the One who rules from above. Jesus’ transcendent and supra-natural knowledge of the “silver thread” (Ecc. 12:6) of life that so powerfully connected him to the Father had been woven consciously into the fabric of his existence since he was twelve. (c.f. Luke 2:41-50) His parents, thinking him lost after the Feast of the Passover, “found him in the temple courts, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions.” (Luke 2:46) Jesus then replied to his mother’s relieved but frustrated queries, “Why were you searching for me? Didn’t you know I had to be in my Father’s house?” (Luke 2:49) This is not yet Jesus’ time, but he is preparing, and being prepared, for his calling and mission. Nevertheless, learning the necessary practice of obedience, he returns home with his earthly parents, where he “grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men.” (Luke 2:52)