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To find the right balance between spending time with God and doing our earthly tasks is the education in wisdom that Jesus had to get as a man in Nazareth, both while helping Mary as a young boy at home, and while working in the carpenter shop. This is obviously something that no-one can teach us. We can learn it only by denying our own preferences. One temptation Jesus must have had was to go to spiritual meetings when work needed to be done at home or at the carpenter shop. He overcame the temptation and learned wisdom- the right balance. Now you must learn the same wisdom. And so God will allow you also to be tempted in the same way, so that you can learn the right balance too. God watches over his obedient children with a jealous love, and so He does not allow them to have the easy way through life. You will get God’s best every single day by keeping your heart pure, being loving and humble, and putting God first in every area of your daily life.

Personal Reflection:
What does it mean to “live in the light”?