"Now when it says "all things," it means nothing is left out. But we have not seen all things put under their authority. What we do see is Jesus, who was given a position "a little lower than the angels", and because he suffered death for us, he is now "crowned with glory and honor." Yes, by God's grace, Jesus tasted death for everyone. God, for whom and through whom everything was made, chose to bring many children into glory. And it was only right that he should make Jesus, through his suffering, a perfect leader, fit to bring them into their salvation. So now Jesus and the ones he makes holy have the same Father. This is why Jesus is not ashamed to call them his brothers and sisters. For he said to God, "I will proclaim your name to my brothers and sisters. I will praise you among your assembled people." He also said, "I will put my trust in him," that is, "I and the children God has given me."" (Hebrews 2:8b - 13 NLT)
"Sanctify the LORD of hosts himself; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread. And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offense to both the house of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem. And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken. Bind up the testimony, seal the law among the disciples. And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him. Behold, I and the children whom the LORD hath given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth in mount Zion." (Isaiah 8:13-18 KJV)
There were certain times when Jesus would make use of His ability to change, somehow, making himself unnoticeable or somehow blend into a crowd of people. However, He did it, it was because His time had not yet come, so He did what needed to be done, in order to slip away from those who wanted to stone Him or throw Him over a cliff; or any other sort of harm, which He wasn't quite ready to deal with.
Much like when Jesus walked on the water, He had some sort of power to control the elements, with just a word, with His hands, or simply by just thinking about what needed to be done. Much like when Jesus fasted in the wilderness, when the devil tempted Him. Everything that the devil asked Him to do, He could have done; but He was not tempted to do so!
Basically, my point is the fact that Jesus was able to do just about anything He might need or want to do; there was no limit to His ability to do or control whatever He wanted to happen. He could cause the earth to stand still, if He wanted to; He could have moved mountains and parted the sea, if that was His desire; but He kept Himself humble and stuck to the plan...
"Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed? For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not." (Isaiah 53:1-3 KJV)
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