He was speaking of His Heavenly Father, and of the glorious and loving work which He had come on earth to do.
His mother Mary thought a great deal about His sayings, and though she could not fully understand all that was going to happen, she watched her gentle Son with ever-increasing wonder and love, as she saw His obedience and wisdom, and how He grew towards manhood, loved and praised by all who knew Him.
To all children, just growing out of children into boys and girls, our blessed Lord's obedience comes as a great encouragement.
The Bible says He was "subject" to His parents; that means that He was always ready to obey in His earthly home, and to live a quiet life in a carpenter's shop in the lowly town of Nazareth!
[V. At Jordan]
John the Baptist had been sent by God to baptize the people for the remission of sins, and to tell them that the Lamb of God who was to "take away the sin of the world" was soon coming to live among them, and to be their Saviour.
"And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth . . . and was baptized of John in Jordan."
"And straightway coming up out of the water, He saw the heavens opened, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon Him; and there came a voice from heaven, saying, 'Thou art My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.'"
"And John saw, and bare record, that this is the Son of God."
So now we know, children, what was happening all those eighteen years at Nazareth, while Jesus grew from a boy into a man.