Trust
Scripture: Mark 14:13-16
"Jesus sent two of
his disciples and said to them, “Go into the city. A man carrying a water jar
will meet you. Follow him. Wherever he enters, say to the owner of the house. ‘The
teacher asks, “Where is my guest room where I can eat the Passover meal with my
disciples?’’ He will show you a large room upstairs already furnished. Prepare
for us there.” The disciples left, came into the city, found everything just as
he had told them, and they prepared the Passover meal. "(Common English
Bible, vv 13-16)
Jesus does it again. He asks
his disciples to go and do what seems to be so unreasonable. “Go,” he says to
these 2 disciples, “just go and follow the guy with a jug of water and
everything will be fine. Trust me.”
It’s been almost 3 years for
the disciples, and I’m guessing a bit longer for most of us. We are called to trust Jesus
and go into the city, the suburbs and the country, to find those who are
already preparing places for us. We are invited to pull a chair up to the Table
and receive from the Host the gifts of God for the people of God.
Do we trust that all things
are now ready?
Prayer: Lord Jesus, you ask us to trust and then you surprise
us by working out even the most minuscule details. Today as we gaze upon The
Table, we wonder, what does all this mean for the world? But we will trust you
and dare to eat and drink with the hope that our hungering soul will be fed. Amen.
The Reverend Gloria McCanna
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