Good Morning Friends,
“They brought the colt to Jesus and threw
their cloaks over it, he sat on it. Many
people spread their cloaks on the road, while others spread branches they had
cut in the fields. Those who went ahead
and those who followed shouted, ‘Hosanna!’
‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!’ ‘Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father
David!’ ‘Hosanna in the highest!’” (Mark
11:7-10)
From our place in history, the acclaim of the
crowd for Jesus that day doesn’t seem very impressive. It would take only a few days for the crowds
to turn from highest praise to its call for His death. Jesus, too, knew what would happen in a few
days. The praise wasn’t all that
gratifying to Him.
However, His disciples didn’t have the
advantage of knowing the hearts of men or of knowing the future as Jesus
did. They must have been terribly
excited by what was happening among the crowds.
For them, it must have seemed like vindication. Though it didn’t always seem like it, they
had made the right choice in following Jesus.
For Jesus, the last week of His life was not
a roller-coaster of emotions going from the high of the Triumphal Entry to the
despair of the cross. But for His
followers it was. In reality, the highs
weren’t really as high as they seemed and the lows weren’t really as low as
they seemed, either. The thoughts and emotions
of His followers were so clouded by the temporary and by their lack of
understanding.
Often mine are too! What seem to be terrific highs often aren’t
really as exciting as they seem. What
seem to be terrible lows often aren’t as devastating as they seem, either.
It’s just that I don’t see so clearly. A good reason to trust and follow Someone who
does!!!
His, by Grace,
Steve
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