Bible Reading – Matthew 11: 1-11, Zechariah 9: 9-10, Luke 19: 41-42
As we prepare to journey with Jesus
through this holy week, we pray that we will be attentive to his voice and that
our response will be to worship him, with all our heart.
Today on Palm Sunday we
think of Jesus commencing his journey into Jerusalem, riding a donkey, a
prophetic sign to those who understood the message of the prophets. Jesus heard
the acclamation, the joyful voices, he saw the crowds, some waving palm leaves.
Could he, just for a fleeting moment have been tempted into thinking this was a
genuine acknowledgement of who he was! No doubt there were some supporters for
whom this would have been true. Jesus though was all too aware of the
whispering plots against him, and the growing hostility. He knew he had to
fulfil his fathers will and accept the awful trial of the week ahead. Even so,
knowing this truth Luke records that Jesus in the face of his own suffering,
wept over erroneous Jerusalem.
Consider:
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Imagine
where you would have stood as Jesus processed into Jerusalem: would you be walking
with him, shouting out from the crowd or an inquisitive onlooker?
Pray:
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For
those who bravely face hostility for their belief in Christ, both in this
country and around the world.
