Mark 11:1-6 New Living Translation 11 As Jesus and his disciples approached Jerusalem, they came to the towns of Bethphage and Bethany on the Mount of Olives. Jesus sent two of them on ahead. 2 “Go into that village over there,” he told them. “As soon as you enter it, you will see a young donkey tied there that no one has ever ridden. Untie it and bring it here. 3 If anyone asks, ‘What are you doing?’ just say, ‘The Lord needs it and will return it soon.’” 4 The two disciples left and found the colt standing in the street, tied outside the front door. 5 As they were untying it, some bystanders demanded, “What are you doing, untying that colt?” 6 They said what Jesus had told them to say, and they were permitted to take it. 7 Then they brought the colt to Jesus and threw their garments over it, and he sat on it. We are now in the third and final part of Mark's Gospel where Jesus fulfills the purpose of His first coming which He declared just before this chapter, "For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve others and to give his life as a ransom for many." Mark 9:45 By this time, on three different occasions, Jesus told His disciples flat out that He would be handed over, die and be raised again but all three times the disciples allowed it to go in one ear and out the other.
The request He made today may have seemed odd but once again Jesus proved who He was because all that He said was as He said it would be; the young donkey tied up,the question they would ask even the authority with which He sends them all points to the fact that He indeed is, The Lord as He said. After reading today's passage to my wife Dalia I asked her what stood out to her and she pointed out something that I would not have thought of. She said what stood out to her was Jesus' request and that the people actually gave Him the donkey. She went on to say that it reminded her of the people of Israel who were told to ask for articles of silver and gold and for clothing. The Bible says, "The Israelites did as Moses instructed and asked the Egyptians for articles of silver and gold and for clothing. The Lord had made the Egyptians favorably disposed toward the people, and they gave them what they asked for; so they plundered the Egyptians." Exodus 12:35,36 Dalia then said that God must of had to move the hearts of those who owned the donkey so that they would give it up to a complete stranger. To live by faith means to act on what you believe to be true until your faith becomes sight or in other words until you see it. These two unnamed disciples acted by faith in what Jesus said and it turned out just as He said. We too need to move our feet in whatever direction Jesus points them and walk in the truth we know to be His.
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Alison
11/29/2016 07:56:06 pm
God would have to work in my heart before I let any stranger take my donkey .
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Miguel Crespo
11/29/2016 10:11:44 pm
I hear that!
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