Friday, February 27, 2026

THE LORD NEEDS IT

You came home long enough to drop off the groceries and then you will be off to have lunch with a friend.  Looking out the window, you see two men getting ready to take your car.  “Hey! What are you doing?  That is my car!”

The one man says, “The Lord needs it.”

“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.”


     Luke 19:30-34

“Almost done.  I need candles and everything on my list will be marked off.  Now to go home and finish the preparations for Passover.”  Looking up from your list, you see two men waiting.  Waiting as if they are waiting for someone, but they don’t know who.  They turn and see you holding a shopping list.  “We have a need for a place to hold Passover.”

“If you get in my car, I will take you to the room above our garage.  It is all furnished.  You can make preparations there.”

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.”


Luke 22:7-13

Wow!  What trust.  Off goes the colt.  A room offered immediately.  Would that happen today? Are we so different from the man with the colt and the man with the room?  What would you do?

BUT — (all true examples)

  • A boy began to pass out blankets to the homeless.
  • Many pay for other’s meals.
  • A stranger listened as a 15 year old vented about life.
  • You were headed home and a stranger stopped to help when your car broke down.
    A co-worker, having a rough day, received a compliment which changed her day.
  • A police officer sat with a mother, whose son had died, for a couple of hours until her other child could get home.
  • The woman was struggling with her sacks of groceries when a stranger offered to carry them.
  • A paper boy shoveled the snow for an elderly woman.

These examples could go on and on.  “The Lord needs it.”  This does not only apply to a colt or a room.  It applies to our daily lives.  We just have to open our eyes.  We have to change how we look around us.  Does someone need a blanket?  Food?  A friend?  How can we provide?  

The Lord needs it.  One of God’s children needs it.

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