God's Waterboy

Today, as we Prepare 90 Days for Easter (P90E), we read Luke 22, Deuteronomy 6.10-12, and Hosea 13.4-6.

Did you notice him when you were reading?  It is easy to miss, but he is a crucial part.  Jesus wanted to have the Passover meal with his disciples in the upper room.  It would be their last time together before the crucifixion.  The longest passage  that we have of a teaching time from Christ came in that room (John 13-17).  It was an important time that Christians have always looked to for strength and guidance. The Upper Room is a big deal.  How was it all arranged?  We don't know.  However, we do know that Christ told his disciples to look for somebody.  It is found in Luke 22.10- He said to them, "Behold, when you have entered the city, a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him into the house that he enters.

Just a guy carrying a jar of water.  Big deal?  No.  The only thing significant about it is that women were the water carriers.  Guys did not carry the water, so this guy would be noticeable. It would have been easy for him to say, "I am not doing that.  That is not my job." OR "I want to do something important, not just carry water."  Yet, the only thing we know about the preparations of the upper room is that Jesus told them to look to the guy carry water.  

Never underestimate the responsibility that God allows you to take on.  Never underestimate the work that God is doing in you through what may appear to be unimportant or distant.  Just follow the Lord's guidance.  Be at the right place at the right time carrying the right thing.   You may make eternal history.