Tuesday, March 4, 2025
When they approached Jerusalem, at Bethphage and Bethany near the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples and told them, “Go into the village ahead of you. As soon as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it. If anyone says to you, “Why are you doing this?” say, “The Lord needs it and will send it back here right away.” - Mark 11:1-2 (CSB
Everything Is Important
On Palm Sunday, Jesus asked two disciples to go into town and bring back a donkey. They didn’t hesitate or ask questions, they simply obeyed. They didn’t know what Jesus needed the donkey for. It may have seemed like a strange request and maybe they discussed all the reasons he would ask them to go and get this donkey and bring it to him. They did not ask questions or balk at his request. They immediately responded in obedience. Could they have known that the donkey they delivered to Jesus would carry the King of Kings into Jerusalem on the first day of the eight days that would change the world?
How many times has Jesus asked you to do something that you didn’t quite understand at first? How many times have people asked you why you are doing something and the only answer you can give them is that this is what the Lord told you to do? The smallest nudge from the Lord can bring some of the most overwhelming blessings to our lives when we act in obedience. It might leave us shaking our heads and saying, “Who would have ever thought…”
“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, and your ways are not my ways.” Mm This is the Lord’s declaration. “For as heaven is higher than earth, so my ways are higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. Isaiah 55:8-9
It is so true that his ways are not our ways, and his thoughts are not our thoughts. Our thoughts are so limited by this world and our tiny perspective compared to his. He knows so much more than us. He is sovereign. He is omnipotent. He planned every day of our lives and every second, in every minute, in every hour, of every day. He knows our future and he knows every nudge from him that we will be obedient to.
The donkey was so important that day. It was needed to fulfill prophecy and to send a message to those people – that a different king had come – a humble king. Usually, entering a city on a donkey signified entry in peace, rather than a conquering king arriving on a horse. Donkeys were typically owned by those who had little money because they could not afford a horse. He did not need fanfare and majestic gestures. The people showed a humble symbol of laying it all out before him. He needed palm branches and the clothes off the backs of the people praising him. Everything God asks us to do is important and serves a purpose. We need to be open and surrendered – and obedient. Nothing he asks us to do is unimportant.
