He didn't need to say anything at all

Herod had heard about him, and he was hoping to see some sign done by Him. So he questioned Him at some length, but He made no answer. Luke 23:8

The 1973 rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar captures this moment well.  All the reasons why people reject Christ.  The crowds waves tossed by the wind because He was not on their timeframe.  The religious leaders loathe to relinquish tidy legal systems and established power, Herod looking for a little immediate gratification and cheap thrills; Pilate seeking the approval of man. And Judas.  Questioning the big picture, 

Why you let the things you did

Get so out of hand?

You'd have managed better

If you'd had it planned.

But no.  We are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.  The plan.  From the beginning of time.  Pretty serious management.  He has done His homework.  And ours?  Ours is to walk, step by step, in the course laid out for our particular feet.  I am His handiwork, His unique poem crafted and created to join in the veritable symphony of glory.  

I was driving up to Mt. Lemmon Saturday afternoon with the boys.  The highway twisting through the scrubby hinterlands around rising rocks reminded Wali of Iraq, without the guardrails of course.  Which naturally segued into horrible accidents we have seen.  And the time in college that I battled for steering wheel of my ‘69 VW Beetle with a befuddled passenger, only to tumble off the road rolling three and a half times, ending upside down by the side of the road with Jethro Tull’s “Aqualung” blaring in the eight track tape player.  

There was a silence.  A long silence.  And Wali said, “My life would have been so very different if you had died then.”  And Fred said, “Mine too.”  And Igor piped up, “Me too.”  

And really, these young men are just moments in my now rather long life.  But somehow, before the words, “Let there be light” were uttered, they were part of my particular plan.  For my particular feet.  

May I prove faithful, oh LORD.  Even as You proved faithful.