Trust is a funny thing. You know people you can totally trust, and then there are those shifty-eyed people you’re not really sure about. Some people trust you, and other people don’t. No matter how trustworthy you are, if you wear baggy clothes into a convenience store late at night, they definitely won’t trust you.
One thing I know for sure: Mary trusted Jesus. She proves it in John 2 when she asks Him to do something to solve the drink situation at the wedding they were attending. I actually don’t think she was asking Him to perform a miracle. Tradition says that Joseph had died already, and as the oldest boy, Jesus had a responsibility to help His mom. Mary would have probably asked Joseph to help if he had been there. But even though Jesus gives her a kind of weird answer, she still tells the servants to do whatever He says. She trusts Him to do something about it.
I don’t think she was counting on a miracle, because, for all we know, she didn’t know He was capable. But she trusted Him to act. She trusted Him to do something. Something about His character told her that He wouldn’t let this problem go unsolved.
We need to learn to trust Jesus in this way. We need to learn that it is in His character to act. He will do something to bring a solution to the situation. But, like Mary, maybe we shouldn’t always been looking for the miraculous. Maybe we should just trust that He will do something, and leave it at that.
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