In this, the baby Jesus formally enters into the religion that He later so radically changes. Throughout His life, He will follow the forms and traditions that the Jewish faith requires. Although He brings change to some of the practices of that faith, He is the ultimate fulfillment of the promise given from God to His people. Jesus is the Redeemer.
I think about Jesus being human, and fully human, not just some god in a human costume. He experienced our emotions, our pains, our fears, and our temptations. He felt the impotence of human rage and the crushing weight of human disappointment. He likely felt the urges towards feelings of both arrogance and worthlessness. I believe that in truly experiencing what it was like to be us, He understood us even better and loved us even more.