We celebrate today on this Palm Sunday when Jesus rode into Jerusalem to the crowds cheering but who had totally misunderstood the scene. Jesus’ response was this: ‘I’m not that kind of hero’. I’m here as a different king to the one you are used to.” They missed it then and some still do. At the start of the week the people were cheering Jesus and by the end of that same week they were jeering Him. The people were fickle.
Daily we make the choice not to approach life the way the world does and not be governed by the desires and the longings that humanity has. We now know ‘the man on the donkey’ moment could well be God in Humility, the Suffering Servant and so we don’t dismiss or try to misinterpret what we see. For we train ourselves away from the domain and sphere of humanity to that of the Holy Spirit. In doing so we step into the atmosphere of the Spirit where He breathes, moves, lives and acts through our lives, as we align ourselves with Him.
We are not fickle but we are established in Him. This is the message of Paul.
“Now it is God who makes both us and you stand firm in Christ. He anointed us, 22 set his seal of ownership on us, and put his Spirit in our hearts as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.” (2 Corinthians 1 v 21-22)
So we celebrate the fact that today:
- You are anointed for service, empowered to go, be and do. As we see the great men and women in the Scriptures who were anointed we see a mirror of ourselves today.
- You are sealed. You belong to God. The Spirit is on you and He protects you and sets you apart. You are different.
- You have a guarantee. The best is yet to come. Greater things are coming.
That ride into Jerusalem would be the start of our lives being changed forever!
Hold on to who you have become today!
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