Man with the Plan
Consider these two stories from the Gospel of Luke. The first story is about When Jesus wanted to ride a donkey into Jerusalem.
Luke 19:29-34
He told two of His disciples “Go to the village ahead of you, and as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, which no one has ever ridden. Untie it and bring it here. If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ say, ‘The Lord needs it.’”
Those who were sent ahead went and found it just as he had told them. As they were untying the colt, its owners asked them, “Why are you untying the colt?”
They replied, “The Lord needs it.”
And then Jesus rode the donkey into Jerusalem and fulfilled a prophecy.
How could Jesus have known that donkey was going to be there for Him to ride? It's almost like He and God planned for it to be there, even before the prophecy was made.
That's the first story. Here's the second story that happened about a week later.
Luke 22:7-13
Then came the day of Unleavened Bread on which the Passover lamb had to be sacrificed. Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, “Go and make preparations for us to eat the Passover.”
“Where do you want us to prepare for it?” they asked.
He replied, “As you enter the city, a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him to the house that he enters, and say to the owner of the house, ‘The Teacher asks: Where is the guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?’ He will show you a large room upstairs, all furnished. Make preparations there.”
They left and found things just as Jesus had told them. So they prepared the Passover.
When Jesus wanted to eat Passover with His disciples and institute the Communion of the last supper, there just so happened to be, at that moment, a man carrying a water jar to a house that's already set up and has room for Jesus and the disciples.
It's kind of like Jesus planned for that man with the water jar to be there and have a house set up and have room and for Jesus and the disciples to have Passover there.
All through Luke, we see Jesus knowing what’s going to happen ahead of time and knowing how to deal with it. He knew what people were thinking and how to answer them.
Jesus always had a plan. He had a plan then and He has a plan now. He knows what's going to happen in this world, and how He's eventually going to fix it.
And He has a plan for your life too.
What do you think Jesus' plan for your life is? I’m not asking, what is your plan that you want Jesus to go along with, but what is Jesus' plan?
Do you know He’s already set things in motion for you to be able to follow His plan?
Do you understand that if He can take care of the details like having a donkey tied up at a certain house so that then He can ride it into Jerusalem to fulfill prophecy, or if He can have a man carry a water jar and then go into a house with an upstairs room that's already set up so that He can celebrate the Last Supper with His disciples, He can take care of the details of His plan for you.
So, What has He asked you to do? You can trust Him. He has a plan and it's going to work.
