Our Lenten devotional booklet, a collection of reflections from members of this congregation, is filled with accounts of living trust in the simple activities of walking the dog or gazing at a lily outside the window or tasting in our food that the Lord is good. And even in the undramatic text of our usual days, we find our gaze pointed toward a sacred dimension that shines through the mundane veneer of the world. Something within us leans forward to see the world through the lens of the Nazarene. Whether in the undramatic meeting of a woman at the well, or in a dramatic ride to the Passover festival, Jesus saw through the cloak of matter to the indwelling Spirit of God. This living trust is what Jesus took with him to Jerusalem.
Faith is also an enlivening trust .
It fuels action and directs activity. It moves our hearts so much it moves our feet-takes us places we wouldn't go by will or common sense alone. An enlivening trust took Daniel Berrigan to a munitions plant and to prison, took Gandhi to a salt mine and to court, took Rosa Parks to a seat on the front of a bus and a seat in the back of a police car. An enlivening trust took teams of volunteers to accompany refugees returning under the threat of death to Guatemala, took Mary Magdeline to the cross and the tomb. This enlivening trust is what Jesus carried into Jerusalem.