Have you ever been sent? Have you gone on an errand for someone else? Was it an important errand for an important person? Did you accomplish what you were sent to do? Were you attentive to the details of your errand? Was the person who sent you pleased with your work?
It is likely all of us have been sent on an errand at some point. Perhaps it was a simple errand for a parent. Maybe it was a more important errand for a friend, co-worker, or perhaps a corporate executive. It might have been an errand for a person who is in power.
Running errands can be a chore. Especially if those errands are repetitive in nature. It can become cumbersome to go to the grocery store every week. But when we are given a special errand, it can be exhilarating, intimidating, or even scary. Special errands are for a special purpose and take on exceptional meaning when given to us by someone of importance.
Jesus sent a couple of His disciples on an errand. They were to go get a colt for Him to ride into Jerusalem on. However, He didn’t relay to them the purpose for the colt when He told them to go get it. Perhaps they guessed it. Maybe they were a little bewildered. Regardless of why Jesus said He needed it, they trusted He did need it. So, they went about completing the errand.
We are often sent on errands by Jesus, too. In fact, He has commissioned each one of us to go on an errand every day. Perhaps we don’t realize it is an errand. Maybe we are hesitant to carry it out. When we are hesitant, we might think of these two disciples Jesus sent on their errand. He had prepared the way for them beforehand. He does the same for us today. We simply need to be willing and trust He has prepared the path for us.
I pray we all seek to accomplish the errand Jesus has sent us on. I pray we welcome the opportunity to serve Jesus. I pray each one of us will go with the confidence of the two disciples. Seek to serve Jesus. Accomplish the errand He sent you on. Go with confidence. Know Jesus has prepared your path.
Mark 11:1 As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage and Bethany at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of his disciples,
Marty Pressey 