Day 35 - The Lord needs it!

Verse of the Day:
"If anyone asks you, 'Why are you untying it?' tell him, 'The Lord needs it." Luke 19:31

Yesterday, we celebrated Palm Sunday. The story about the colt is very interesting to me. Jesus sends two of his disciples ahead to a village where he tells them that they will find a colt. He tells them to untie it and to bring it to him. He instructs them to answer anyone who questions them with "The Lord needs it". In the other gospels it says that they promise to bring it back, but in Luke's telling there is no guarantee of the colts return. I began to think, how would I respond if someone showed up and without asking started to take something of mine. When the response was "the Lord needs it" would I willingly let it go? Would I want or expect a guarantee of it's return? I wonder why the owner was so willing? I wonder how the spirit gave him a generous attitude? I wonder if God told him ahead of time to be prepared? I wonder who he was? Was he a follower? There are so many unanswered questions. Why? Maybe it is an example of how we are called to response when the Lord needs something or needs us. Maybe it is a lesson in trust. We so often feel we need to have all the information before we can respond. Only God has need of the answers, we are just asked to follow. Are we prepared to give as the colt's owner whatever the Lord has need of?