Hosanna Restoration Church

Just as it was prophesied, so it was done. Jesus rode a donkey into the city amongst the cheers of the people. This event in Christian circles is known as His triumphal entry. A donkey that has never been ridden is not usually the most peaceful ride. Still, this was the transportation of choice for our king on His way to glory, so God tamed the beast. He was headed for the clouds, and He did not seem to be bothered that the trip was starting on a donkey! You see, He had come to trust His Father. He had seen God confirm His word over and over again in the last three and a half years, so now He had no doubt how things would turn out. No matter what it takes, we too must come to the place where we refuse to doubt. When we want to doubt, we should stop and shout just how good and faithful God is!

So tell me, in your walk with the Lord have you ever felt like you were riding a donkey and it was anything but comfortable? Of course you have! We all have! But guess what; people who do not know Christ go through the same things and they do not have the promises that we do. They are without hope and without God in the world. You hear people talk about how awful this world is; how do they survive without Christ? What can we do to show them how to thrive with Christ?

Jesus never complained about the ride of that donkey! He rode that donkey through the streets with the same confidence you might drive a Hummer down a parade route! If you don’t like Hummers, then put yourself in the ride of your dreams and imagine that Jesus was just that comfortable, confident, and convinced that this was the way to go.

Jesus did not let current circumstances take His eyes off the prize and neither should we! If we are on a donkey, people should wonder how we look so good on it. They should wonder what we know that they don’t know. We should make that donkey look so good that others are encouraged just by the way we ride! Just to clarify, I am not talking about riding an actual donkey, but rather the course of our lives.

Have you ever noticed that some people are just pretty consistent? No matter what is going on, they stay the course. God does not change and they don’t seem to either. On the other hand, there are some who look like a weather billboard. If there is a cloud they flash storm warnings and if there should happen to be a little thunder in their life you would think the sky is falling! You know if we would just let “poor me” go ahead and die we would be a lot better off!

If we are going to get belligerent about things, we should get belligerent with the devil. Jesus told him that he had no place in Him and that should be how we are too. We don’t need to act like the donkey we may be riding. We need to act like the donkey is taking us to the kingdom of God.