我到學校接女兒回家。女兒一見到我便鑽進車子裡，問我說：「爸，我可以去朋友家過夜嗎？」我對她說：「乖女兒，妳知道答案是什麼。我只是司機，我什麼都不知道。我們跟媽媽商量商量吧！」

「我只是司機」早已經成為我們家的一個笑話。每一天，我都請問我那做事有條不紊的妻子，我需要接送什麼人、在什麼時間、去什麼地點。有時候我覺得自己就是「兼職司機」，負責接送三個十幾歲的孩子。我經常弄不清楚要做什麼，所以必須請示那位制定時間表的大師。

馬太福音8章記載，耶穌遇見一個人，而這人也知道何謂發布命令和接受指令。這人是羅馬的百夫長，他瞭解耶穌有醫治的權柄，就如同百夫長有權柄對他底下的人發號施令。因此，他對耶穌說：「只要祢說一句話，我的僕人就必好了。因為我在人的權下，也有兵在我以下」（8-9節）。基督稱讚他的信心（10、13節），也稀奇這位百夫長竟能理解祂是如何行使權柄。

那麼我們呢？如果我們將耶穌指派的日常事務交託給祂會怎麼樣呢？或許我們認為自己「只是司機」，但在上帝的國度裡，每個任務都有其意義與目的。

“Dad, can I spend the night with my friend?” my daughter asked, getting into the car after practice. “Honey, you know the answer,” I said. “I’m just the driver. I don’t know what’s happening. Let’s talk with Mom.”  

“I’m just the driver” has become a joke in our home. Daily, I ask my organized wife where I need to be, when, and whom I’m taking where. With three teens, my “moonlighting” as a “taxi driver” sometimes feels like a second job. Often, I don’t know what I don’t know. So, I have to check in with the master calendar keeper.

In Matthew 8, Jesus encountered a man who also knew something about taking and giving instruction. A Roman centurion, this man understood that Jesus had the authority to heal, just as the centurion had authority to issue commands to those under him. “Just say the word, and my servant will be healed. For I myself am a man under authority, with soldiers under me” (vv. 8-9). Christ commended the man’s faith (vv. 10, 13), amazed that he understood what His authority looked like in action.

So what about us? What does it look like to trust Jesus with our daily assignments from Him? Because even if we think we’re “just the driver,” each assignment has kingdom meaning and purpose.