So He sent two of his disciples, telling them, “Go into the city, and a
man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him. Say to the
owner of the house he enters, ‘The Teacher asks: Where is my guest
room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?’ He will show
you a large room upstairs, furnished and ready. Make preparations for
us there.” The disciples left, went into the city and found things just
as Jesus had told them. So they prepared the Passover.
(Mark 14: 13-16)
It’s fascinating, isn’t it, how it all started? The prelude to the drama
of our Lord’s arrest, mock trial, crucifixion, death, burial and
resurrection turns out to be an inner-city rendezvous between two
disciples of Jesus and a man carrying a water jar!
Jesus hand-picks this man carrying his family’s water supply to direct
His followers to the very room in which He will share His last intimate
supper with His closest followers! And the tragic drama begins!
Yet, this turn of events isn’t surprising considering God’s fondness for
using “earthen vessel” people to get God’s plans worked out. “The
disciples left, went into the city and found things just as Jesus had
told them. So they prepared the Passover.” (Mark 14:16)
God really does count on our faithfulness in obeying even the
smallest nudges of the Holy Spirit in our lives! Today’s passage
reminds us of all the people to whom God whispered or shouted,
Mary, chief among them, who quietly DID what God asked. And, as a
result, God wove the imprint of God’s incredible love into human
history!
So, while we’re working on any Lenten disciplines we may have
chosen to draw us closer to Jesus, today might be a good time to
write this one into the top of the list: “HELP ME, DEAR LORD, TO
LISTEN ATTENTIVELY AS YOU WHISPER TO ME DAILY ABOUT THE
LITTLE AND BIG THINGS YOU HAVE FOR ME TO DO. GRANT ME
GRACE TO FOLLOW WHERE YOU LEAD, AND TO LEAVE THE RESULTS
TO YOU!” AMEN.
Craig Peel
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