‘Behold, your King is coming to you, Lowly, and sitting on a donkey, A colt, the foal of a donkey.’”…… Then the multitudes who went before and those who followed cried out, saying: “Hosanna to the Son of David! ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!’ Hosanna in the highest!” (Matthew 21:5-9 NKJV)
The King of
Glory approached the holy city, seated not on the richly draped war horse, or
followed by a glittering band of soldiers, but riding on a lowly donkey, and attended
by a vast crowd of rustic pilgrims! He was welcomed, not by the Governor
Pilate, or Caiaphas the High Priest, but by the children, the poorer folk, the
blind and the lame whom He had healed. His lodging place was the bare ground on
the
Yet there
was a mystic power about Him before which the rabble, that filled the courts of
the Temple with noise and filth, were driven forth, and which the chief priests
and scribes had to acknowledge when they challenged Him as to His authority (Matthew
21:23). His authority was that of truth, purity, and God. It was a stray beam
of His intrinsic majesty. One who knew Him intimately said: "We beheld His
glory, as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth" (John
Soul of
man, to you, also, your King cometh! Let the gates of your heart lift up their
portals and admit Him! At first you may dread the revolution which His coming
suggests, but be quick to give to Emmanuel, the Prince, all the keys of your
soul. Enthrone Him in your heart! He is the King and Heir, and He will make you
a joint heir with Himself. Let the kingdom of your life become the kingdom of
God and of His Christ. Let every thought be brought into subjection to Him. But
if, on the other hand, you are content to build the house of life apart from
Him, be very sure that you are rejecting the one Chief Corner-stone, which can
alone give the necessary stability and beauty to its structure. To forfeit that
will involve the absolute destruction of the edifice on which your whole life energy
may have been expended (Matthew 7:27; 1 Corinthians 3:10-15).
PRAYER
Be utmost
in our cleansed breast,
Eternal,
bid Your Spirit rest;
And make
our secret soul to be
A temple
pure and worthy Thee.
Hosanna in
the highest!
I pray it
in Christ’s name, AMEN.
I carry your burdens every day.
Psalm 68:19 WEB
Blessed be the Lord, who
daily bears our burdens,
even the God who is our
salvation. Selah.
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