- Say to the daughter of Zion, ‘Behold, your king is coming to you, humble, and mounted on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a beast of burden.’ Matthew 21:5 – God comes into our story as we need Him to come, not always as we expect Him to come. The people of the city expected a warlord charging in on a mighty war horse, but how Jesus entered was riding humbly on a colt. Jesus gave them what they needed and didn’t just follow the lead of their expectations. Be grateful that this is what God does for you as well. You may be praying for something when right now God knows you really don’t need that. He steps into your story as you need Him to. A loving father doesn’t just drown his child with everything the kid asks for. We know that’s not a good father because children don’t really know what they need, and God is the best Father. Trust that how God chooses to come in and work in your story is what’s best for you. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 875
- The disciples went and did as Jesus had directed them. Matthew 21:6 – The story this verse follows is one of those passages that we today don’t need to apply precisely to our walk. Jesus tells his disciples to go into the city ahead of Him, find the donkey that has been prepared for Him, and bring it back to Him. Know God isn’t asking us today to go into the neighboring city to search for a donkey to take. Yet God is expecting us to do what the disciples did according to our verse today. What Jesus told them to do, they did. Could that be said of your story today? That all of what Jesus has told you to do, you did as directed. He’s told you to forgive. He’s told you to love the unlovable. He’s told you to make your life about Him. He’s told you to let go of the sin you’ve held onto for so long. Have you gone out and done as Jesus has directed you? In what directions have you not fully committed to following yet? What is it about those directions that has been so difficult for you to follow up till now? Our chapter reminds us that we’ll witness the power and even experience the power of God in our story when we fully commit to following Him. Don’t miss the power of Jesus in your story because you didn’t commit fully to His lead. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 1971
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