What was Jesus doing at age 30?

          I'm going to put a disclaimer on this entry right now. The disclaimer is that I will never know what Jesus was doing at age 30 or before or after that age or yet have I really looked into it so don't take the words seriously. Preachers might have a better idea then I do since they study the Bible throughly but this is just something that has been on my mind a lot lately with what I have been through and still going through along with some friends of mine.
          The thing that I am sure of though is that He gave His life on the cross at the age 33. It also seems like the ages 26-35, let's say are the hardest year of a human's life or that is what I get when talking to my friends. It is that stage where you are learning who you really are and trying to get everything settled and stabled before you find or marry the "right" one if God has shown you then. They are the years that you live out in the "real" world because you are doing with all your schooling unless you are going to grad school. You have to plan your everyday by yourself because you don't have classes to go to. You see how you can handle things and you might have to change your self-care or start self-care. You might have to start going to counseling for some time.
           Things can start to tempt us more and we can start to doubt ourselves a lot more. We learn how to stand up harder for what we believe in whether our passions or beliefs or both for some people. That stage of life is a time where we are growing and changing into the people God meant for us to be. It is a time where we can work on our passions, talents, and ministries. Time to put everything together and get stable or to where we belong for God. If I remember right and don't quote me on this, ask someone who knows better, but I think Jesus started his true and hardest ministries at the age of 30 or around then. He knew that God had called Him to tell people about Him and die for the people and their sins so He started his ministry around then.
            He knew He was going to die for us and the reason why He was sent to the earth. I mean the Bible, in the Old Testament, sets of the "stage" for Him to come and He finishes it. He made it come true. He was aiming for the cross at the age of 33 and I believe He knew that somehow. We get His stories of the hard things He had to go through on His why there. He couldn't tell people who He was. He just had to act it and they had to accept it themselves and if they didn't get it, they were lost. He wanted to save them so that was probably hard for Him to keep quite about who He really was. He traveled to different cities a lot. He was even tempted by the devil some especially before the cross.
            He even prayed in the garden before He went to the cross "Father, if there is any other way let it be done. If not, then let Your Will be done." We often forget to pray that for ourselves or for others in our lives. Just think people made from of Jesus too because of the miracles He did and the times He worked. I mean He even healed on the Sabbath, which was a day of rest but He had to get the work done for His Father. What keeps me going right now in my time of uncertainty is just knowing that Jesus was human too on that cross and He went through everything that I'm going through here on this earth.
             His ministry was the cross and to get rid of our sins. He knew that and He still did the things He was suppose to. Yet sometimes, we get so caught up in this world and scared about what our ministry is suppose to be that we step back and/or doubt. We want to see the future but what if we really saw it. Would we go to it like Jesus did or would we run from it knowing that it would be hard? At the age of 30, I think Jesus was right in the middle of His ministry and His ministry wasn't easy. Just read all of His stories. He rested at some of the hardest places. He was confused about some of the things that His people were doing, yet He could do nothing. He had to fight for some people.
             He even had to fight the devil at times. He even had one of his "friends" betray Him before He went to the cross. Life is not easy especially between the ages of 26-35 but it is a stage where we can get stronger in Christ. It is a stage of singleness for most of us that we can focus on Christ and be strong for Him and Live for Him. I think this past week the thought of "Jesus' ministry was to die on the cross at age 33 for my sins" has kept me going and wondering what my ministry can and should be. If He had to work with that "scary" thought in mind, then why am I so scared of what is next for me. I should be enjoying my time with Him and helping Him with His ministry in some way.
             My challenge is asking these questions to yourself: "When you feel like giving up at something or whatever you are doing, just remember that Jesus had it harder then you and He kept going. Then ask yourself this question: "What if He stopped doing His ministry? Where would you be today?"