The disciples were fully confident that Jesus would be King.

They were confident that He was going to overthrow the Roman Empire, the religious rule of the Jews, and the sinful ways of the gentiles.

And, indeed, that was Jesus’ plan.  But not in the way that any of us could have ever imagined.  Jesus has taken claim over the eternal kingdom.  The spiritual kingdom.  The only kingdom that will last or be of any use at all.

Time and again Jesus told His disciples:

“My time has not yet come”

“My time has not yet come”

“My time has not yet come”

And, indeed, it hadn’t.

But in Mark 11, He orchestrated it.  He told His disciples to go to a village and get Him a donkey.  And in doing so, He was fulfilling a prophecy written about Him 500 years prior.

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.

I want to encourage you to start your day with the Lord’s Prayer and to remember what we actually say in that prayer:

Hallowed be thy Name~  “Your name is HOLY and You are above ALL THINGS.”

Forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors~  “Forgive me the same way that I forgive others.”  (Scary!  This inspires me to pray:  “Lord, help me to forgive”)

For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory~  “You own EVERYTHING, control EVERYTHING, and deserve ALL OF OUR FOCUS.”

And, for today:

Thy Kingdom Come~  “This is not about me.  It is about YOU, God.  It is about You being the center of our world, my world.  It is about YOU, God, bringing your kingdom to us, to me … Because what I have to bring to you … is worth nothing.”

Remember This:  Jesus came to claim the spiritual kingdom and to claim OUR SPIRITUAL KINGDOM.  Because what happens to us in the spirit will leak out into what we see and what we hear and what we do.  It is inevitable.

Surrender.

In The Name of the Father and the 

Son and the Holy Spirit.  Amen.

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Coach J