Staying True in the Hard to Understand Times

 

“At first his disciples did not understand all this.

Only after Jesus was glorified did they realize that these things had been written about him and that these things had been done to him.”

John 12:16

It’s the first day of the week, five days before the Passover and Jesus has begun walking toward Jerusalem.

As he approached the village of Bethpage on Mount Olivet, Jesus sends two of his disciples ahead with instructions to enter the village.

There they would find an unridden donkey’s colt next to a donkey which they were to untie and bring to Jesus.

If someone were to ask them why they were talking the colt, they were to say that the Lord had need of the colt.

The disciples found the colt and donkey just as Jesus described.

They were asked why they were taking the colt, again, just as Jesus said they would be, and they answered as instructed.

They were then allowed to take the colt.

The use of a donkey for a ruler has a long history.

The emphasis placed on the fact that the colt was never ridden before is to indicate that it was set aside for a special use, that is a holy use.

Jesus needed this colt to fulfill the prophecy in Zechariah 9:9

“Rejoice greatly, Daughter Zion! Shout, Daughter Jerusalem! See, your king comes to you, righteous and victorious, lowly and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.”

That prophesy very clearly called Him a King.

In entering in this manner he declared his gentle intentions and that he wasn’t coming for war. John tells us that the disciples did not understand how Jesus was fulfilling this prophecy until much later. So in many ways some of the events that took place in Jesus’ life on that day and in the next week to come were a mystery to the disciples.

There was a plot twist that was about to take place they would not fully understand until more of the events of the story were rolled out.

Don’t let the plot twists of your life move you away from the Lord.

His plans for you are good even when they are not fully understood by you.

Hold fast, stay true and remain faithful even as He is faithful to you!