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I'm thinking today of the verse in Mark, it's

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chapter 11, verse 3. It's as Jesus is getting

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ready to come into Jerusalem, and it says, If

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anyone says to you, Why are you doing this? You

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say, The Lord has need of it, and immediately

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he will send it back here. And so he's telling

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them to go and get what he needed, and that if

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someone questioned about why they were taking

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it, that they'd be able to say, well, the Lord

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has need of it, and that the person would say,

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okay, that's fine. The directions here by Jesus

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are pretty explicit. In this specific verse,

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he's covering what to do if someone asks. Being

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equipped with what to do if someone asks is contributive

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to comfort, and it removes anxiety. I suppose

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they should not have had an anxiety about being

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told what to do by Jesus because he was Jesus.

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Also, being given explicit direction by Jesus

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makes it less likely that they will say or do

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something incorrect in the situation. They can

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just respond in obedience rather than having

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to figure out the next action step. Sometimes

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it's like this with Jesus. He has already given

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us what we need to know. Sometimes people want

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it to be like this with Jesus, but as far as

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they can tell, It is not. If his explicit direction

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on how to deal with a twist has not already been

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forthcoming, then I think it's safe to assume

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that either he feels we do not need the direction,

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or, as we know, he will be with us in the moment

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to provide the direction. I guess I'm saying

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that detailed instructions such as this are somewhat

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an extra special gift from the Lord. Jesus is

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very good to them to use them and to give them

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the specific steps in advance of what to do if

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a situation and as a situation unfolds. We are

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blessed in the Lord Jesus Christ. Follow him

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today. Serve in your local church and keep on

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keeping on.