Most of the crowd spread their garments
on the road ahead of him, and others cut branches from the trees and spread
them on the road. 9Jesus
was in the center of the procession, and the people all around him were
shouting, “Praise God for the Son of David!
Blessings on the one who comes in the name of the lord! Praise God in highest heaven!”10The
entire city of Jerusalem was in an uproar as he entered. “Who is this?” they
asked. 11And
the crowds replied, “It’s Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee.”
Can
you imagine what the day must have been like?
For almost 33 years Jesus had walked the planet, and His days on earth
were drawing to a close. Jesus knew that
fact, yet few others were listening close enough to understand this.
In
fact this day, known as “Palm Sunday” in our Easter week celebration, seemed to
be a normal day where Jesus and His followers were greeted, appreciated and
welcomed by the residents of the major city of the world. Jesus was about His Father’s business from
day one, and this day was no different.
What
hurts my mind and heart the most is something that people have been shocked by
since that first Palm Sunday. Just a few
days later Jesus would be arrested and eventually crucified. There was a plan in place. This plan was bigger than national security
and much older. It started in the Garden
of Eden and continued through the cross, the resurrection and on through
eternity.
Jesus
was there at the start, and He will be there through the end. But this day was one of pomp and
circumstance, or more accurately praise and worship of the man who sold out to
showing the world, every person, that our gracious God is in total control.
“Blessed
is the one who comes in the name of the Lord.”
People walked with Jesus. People
watched His miracles and interacted with His family. People were the reason. And people are still the reason that God has
a plan.
Now
it is our turn. It is our turn to sing
His praise. It our turn to honor Him
with our lives. It our turn to proclaim
…
The
Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me, Because the LORD has anointed me To bring
good news to the afflicted; He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, To
proclaim liberty to captives And freedom to prisoners;
It
was those words that Jesus quoted and said that He was fulfilling them in the
hearing of those around Him. We step
in. We are the people who shouted His
praise on Palm Sunday. We were the
people on His mind while Jesus was on the cross.
As
we prepare for Easter spend some time alone worshipping and spend time with
your Christian family worshipping. Our
focus has to be on the one who matters.
Don’t let the distractions of the enemy or even of good things take your
mind and heart off of the Savior.
He
is our Easter. He is our friend. He is God.
He is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!
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