7 Then the day of Unleavened Bread came. That was the time the Passover lamb had to be sacrificed. 8 Jesus sent Peter and John on ahead. “Go,” he told them. “Prepare for us to eat the Passover meal.”
9 “Where do you want us to prepare for it?” they asked.
10 Jesus replied, “When you enter the city, a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him to the house he enters. 11 Then say to the owner of the house, ‘The Teacher asks, “Where is the guest room? Where can I eat the Passover meal with my disciples?” ’ 12 He will show you a large upstairs room with furniture already in it. Prepare for us to eat there.”
13 Peter and John left. They found things just as Jesus had told them. So they prepared the Passover meal.
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When I read our passage for this entry, I am always amazed at how detailed Jesus’ instructions were to these two disciples. While this isn’t the first time Jesus gives a set of instructions to one or more of the disciples, every time He does so, I am amazed that things fall in line exactly how He has described them.
In this passage, Jesus tells these two disciples, “When you enter the city, a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him to the house he enters. Then say to the owner of the house, ‘The Teacher asks, “Where is the guest room? Where can I eat the Passover meal with my disciples?” ’ He will show you a large upstairs room with furniture already in it. Prepare for us to eat there.” (v.10-12)
And then we read, “Peter and John left. They found things just as Jesus had told them.” (v. 13)
This makes me wonder, “Was the man with the jar of water a servant of the home owner, or was this an angel in disguise?” and “Did Jesus know this home owner before, or was this a first time meeting?”
I suppose these are questions I get to save for heaven, but reading about this event leads me to a truth we can apply in our lives today: Sometimes the instructions Jesus gives us don’t make sense on the front end, but they come together in the end. Jesus’ instructions might seem odd looking forward, but looking back on them later, they make perfect sense.
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