Anonymous: Jesus' hidden years...and yours

by Alicia Britt Chole

I will proclaim the decree of the Lord: He said to me, “You are my Son; today I have become your Father. Ask of me, and I will make the nations your inheritance, the ends of the earth your possession.” (Psalm 2:7–8)

world, “for it has been given to me, and I can give it to anyone I want to” (Luke 4:6).

Jesus’ authority flowed not from possessions or positions but from submission.

Submission to his Father’s will and Word.

Her submission to the season is her saving strength.

So she bows. She bends. She surrenders to thinning and in doing so thickens her foundation for an even more glorious summer to come. In the same way, submission to God’s seasons will be our saving strength.

We are stewards, not owners, of the fruit he cultivates in our lives.

Ultimately, that fruitfulness is to be given away in his Name, not hoarded and displayed for our own glory.

“Guess what, Mom,” he shouted, and then said those words that will remain a lesson to me: “I’ve been chosen to clap and cheer.”1.