Thursday, April 5, 2012

MAUNDY THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 2012--HOLY WEEK--MORNING MEDITATION


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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