God-Sent Moments

Last weekend I was struck by Mark’s placement of the story about the scribe who approved Jesus’ insight into the 2 great commandments.  In Mark’s Gospel, that story occurs on the Tuesday of Holy Week…a time when opposition to Jesus was growing rapidly. 

The previous day Mark described Jesus’ visit to the temple when He turned the tables upside down and used a whip to get the money-changers out of there.  Many Jewish leaders saw that as proof that Jesus had to be killed. 

So on Tuesday each opposition group sent people to confront Jesus.  It was a horrible day until the Scribe came.  He asked Jesus which commandment was the greatest.  And when Jesus described the two commandments of love, the scribe genuinely affirmed Jesus.  That was a God-sent moment that helped Jesus face the agony that was coming soon.  

Sometimes God-sent moments come directly from God, but most of the time they come from people that God puts into our lives.  Who was a recent instrument of a God-sent moment in your life?  And how were you recently an instrument of a God-sent moment for someone else?