You Are Like A Donkey

What? Why would you say such a thing?

"Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem:
behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation;
lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an
ass."Zechariah 9:9

As you know yesterday was Palm Sunday. Being as such many
pastor's chose to speak on the triumphant entry of Jesus into Jerusalem. Mine was no different. He took a very different spin on it though and focused on the donkey! A very new perspective, at least for me. So with this new outlook I wanted to take it a bit further.

We are like the donkey - how? We are dirty and we smell.

We are clothed in the uncleanness of our sins. From
living in the "world" and not according to God's guidance. We wreak of filth. We carry an odor on us that only can be cleansed by the Most High God.

So have you gotten out your thinking caps and figured out where this is leading too? Let's continue, shall we?

We move forward into Luke 19:29-38
29As he approached Bethphage and Bethany at the hill called the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples, saying to them, 30"Go to the village ahead of you, and as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, which no one has ever ridden. Untie it and bring it here. 31If anyone asks you, 'Why are you untying it?' tell him, 'The Lord needs it.' " 32Those who were sent ahead went and found it just as he had told them. 33As they were untying the colt, its owners asked them, "Why are you untying the colt?" 34They replied, "The Lord needs it."
35They brought it to Jesus, threw their cloaks on the colt and put Jesus on it. 36As he went along, people spread their cloaks on the road. 37When he came near the place where the road goes down the Mount of Olives, the whole crowd of disciples began joyfully to praise God in loud voices for all the miracles they had seen: 38"Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord!" "Peace in heaven and glory in th e highest!"

V. 30 "You will find a colt tied there" - Just as this colt we are tied to the world, thus to sin. It is only by allowing Jesus to untie our binds that we are truly able to move forward.

V. 30 " Which no one has ever ridden" - We too were untamed and unbroken until we submit our lives and ways to the master.
V. 31 "The Lord needs it" - As with the donkey of the story, the Lord needs us. He has a job for us to do, just as this donkey had a job to fulfill. Will you go forth and do it?

V. 35 "They brought it to Jesus" - As many of us were once lead to Christ, so was this donkey.
V. 35 "Threw their cloaks on the colt and put Jesus on it" - They dressed the colt. Much the was we receive new clothing (Armor) when we accept Jesus...as this donkey did on his back.