Luke 22:7-13
Then came the Day of Unleavened Bread, when
the Passover must be killed.
And He sent Peter and John, saying, "Go
and prepare the Passover for us, that we may eat."
So they said to Him, "Where do You want
us to prepare?"
And He said to them, "Behold, when you
have entered the city, a man will meet you carrying a pitcher of water; follow
him into the house which he enters. Then you shall say to the master of the
house, 'The Teacher says to you, "Where is the guest room where I may eat
the Passover with My disciples?" ' Then he will show you a large,
furnished upper room; there make ready."
So they went and found it just as He had
said to them, and they prepared the Passover.
God has been
speaking to Adam and I about the issue of preparation. For years, we have heard Him speaking
to us to prepare. We don’t always
have a sense of what is coming or when, but one thing we know – He wants us to
prepare. When we got involved in
Crisis Response International, we felt like we finally had some clarity on why
we needed to prepare. We felt like
crisis may be coming, but putting it in the context of being a mercy missionary
in the midst of crisis rang true in our spirits.
I read Luke
12 today. Verse 7-13 jumped off
the page to me. Jesus told Peter
and John (two of His closest disciples) to go and prepare. They were to prepare possibly the most
important meal Jesus would have on this side of eternity. I want to highlight the question that
Peter and John asked Jesus after they were told to go and prepare.
So they said to Him, "Where do You want
us to prepare?"
They could
have taken the command to “go and prepare” and they could have left and done it
in the best way they knew how. I’m
sure they could have found an okay room, and it would have been fine. But Jesus knew of a furnished room of where
they could make ready. Jesus saved them some time by providing
specifics.
I can’t help
but wonder if Jesus would have given them that clue of how to find the room if
they hadn’t asked him the question.
“Where do YOU want us to prepare?”
Many of us
hear His command to go and prepare.
And we go and we prepare… but we often do it our way and in our own
strength.
I encourage
you to ask Him the right questions.
If He tells you to prepare, ask Him questions so that you will prepare
HIS way. God wanted Noah to build
an ark, but God also wanted it done His way. Doing things His way with specifics will save you time,
energy, and it will also get you doing the right things in the right place and
the right timing.
When you are
obeying his command to prepare, nothing is more important – Listen to His
command, ask questions, get the download of the details, and go do it.
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