Matthew 18:1-4, Romans 8:26-24
Proverbs 3:5-6, 14:12

"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and do not rely on your own insight (Proverbs 3:5)."

P.G. Wodehouse wrote a book called the Inimitable Jeeves. The story is about a wealthy playboy and his butler, Jeeves. The recurring theme is that this young fool gets into some sort of sticky situation, and his butler puts on a show of indifference up until the very end, when we find that Jeeves had a plan the whole time, generally one that involves serving the hero a generous slice of humble pie.
As I went through each amusing story about this fictional butler, I began to realize that this is more than just a comedy for the upper crust. What we're looking at here is a metaphor for our relationship with God, and Jesus specifically.
Wodehouse's butler isn't a butler in the traditional sense. While he humbly serves his charge like a slave, the hero always comes running to him when there's a problem, and the butler's sage advice, and his excellent plans, always save the hero's neck at a crucial time.
The hero tests the limits of their friendship by barking orders disrespectfully, and only coming to him when he's in trouble, but Jeeves patiently endures it, and the hero ends up "kissing the guy's butt" at the end because he's once again been freed from a scary predicament by Jeeve's careful planning.
The character is a lot like Jesus. He's not our personal butler, he's something far better. In addition to being a servant, Jesus gives us sound advice to follow. We either follow it, and don't see a point to it at the time, or we don't follow it and suffer the consequences. Either way, when time passes, we see God's plan unfolding in positive ways, and we feel like a total ass for ever mistrusting Him. Sometimes the plans are hidden within plans, and we don't know what's going on until a lot later on, but it always turns out good.
People in the novel always ask the imbecilic hero to bring along his butler because he always knew what to do to solve every problem. He had the connections, the resources, and the insight. As Christians, this is how people see us. "Please come to meet me immediately, but bring Jesus with you."
May we always bring Jesus with us in our day-to-day situations, and may we display the same kind of Jeeves-like servanthood with other people.

Dear Father in heaven, help me to become a servant like Jesus. And when I fail to live up to that ideal, help me to show others to Jesus, the perfect example. I pray this in your Son's holy name. Amen.