Topic: THE LORD HAS NEED OF YOU
Text: Matthew 21:1-14
21:1 Now when they drew near Jerusalem, and came to Bethphage, at the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,
21:2 saying to them, “Go into the village opposite you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her. Loose them and bring them to Me.
21:3 And if anyone says anything to you, you shall say, ‘The Lord has need of them,’ and immediately he will send them.”
21:4 All this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying:
21:5 “Tell the daughter of Zion, ‘Behold, your King is coming to you, Lowly, and sitting on a donkey, A colt, the foal of a donkey.’ ”
21:6 So the disciples went and did as Jesus commanded them.
21:7 They brought the donkey and the colt, laid their clothes on them, and set Him on them.
21:8 And a very great multitude spread their clothes on the road; others cut down branches from the trees and spread them on the road.
21:9 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!”
21:10 And when He had come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, “Who is this?”
21:11 So the multitudes said, “This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth of Galilee.”
21:12 Then Jesus went into the temple of God and drove out all those who bought and sold in the temple, and overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who sold doves.
21:13 And He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a ‘den of thieves.’ ”
21:14 Then the blind and the lame came to Him in the temple, and He healed them.
STUDY:
Palm Sunday is the celebration or remembrance of the triumphal entry of Jesus Christ into Jerusalem, for His preparation for death on the cross. The triumphal entry was prophesied by Zechariah (Zech. 9:9) many years before Jesus came into the world. By the words of that prophecy, the
service of a donkey was to be necessary in that triumphal entry. Jesus declared that the announcement of the Lord’s need for the donkey would make the owner or anybody guarding it to release it for His use. It went exactly as He said it.
If the service of a donkey and the obedience of the owner played a part in the fulfilment of a prophecy given many years before, our obedience to God’s command is also important in the fulfilment of some of His will for the world. Jesus has purchased salvation for men, but it is our responsibility to carry the gospel message to the nations of the world as commanded by Him (Matt. 2:18). If we realise that God has need of us and contribute our God-given resources to activities that are aimed at drawing men to Him, many will be won for God. Will you be obedient to His command?
Prayer:
O God, may I be obedient to your command in Jesus’Name. Amen.
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