They took palm branches and went out to
meet him, shouting, "Hosanna!" John 12:13
Rabbi Jesus was
the Man of the Hour. The crowds were in a frenzy of excitement. Their Deliverer
had come at last! Things were gonna be great! All their hopes and dreams would
now come true. Grab a palm branch, Benjamin,
good times are on the way! But within a matter of days, the cries of joy
became cries of “Crucify Him!” What happened? How could such love and joy turn
into hatred so quickly? How could thousands adore Him one minute and betray Him
the next? The same reason we do.
Palm branches were
the way common people welcomed royalty. When they waved palm branches and laid
them on the ground for the donkey to walk on, they were declaring Jesus their
new king. He was going to deliver them from the oppressive Romans and set
things right once more. But He didn’t. He wasn’t the kind of king they
expected. He let them down. So they let Him down too. Just like we do.
Many eagerly
welcome Jesus into their lives as Savior, but when faced with the Lordship
question, they balk. “Wait a minute,”
they say. “I want the forgiveness, the
comfort, and eternal life. But what’s this obedience talk? You mean I have to
do things His way?” They throw away their palm branches and invent their
own kind of king: “Sure I’m a Christian, but I decide
what’s right for me.”
Two thousand
years later, Jesus is still not the King most people want.
What about you?
Is
Jesus Christ the King you want?
If He is not Lord, He is not Savior either.
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