Weekly Feast for 3/30
Good morning!
It is hard to believe that this coming Sunday is already Palm Sunday, the day when we remember Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem. As I read through this story recently in Luke 19, I was struck by the fact that many of the same people in the crowd shouting “Hosanna!” on Palm Sunday are shouting “Crucify him!” only days later. I would like to think that I wouldn’t be so fickle in my faith, but I can’t be certain. It shows how easy it is to change our minds when circumstances change. When things are going well, we are all too ready to praise God and invite him to enter triumphantly into our lives…
When things get hard though, we end up hiding in fear, or worse, complaining that God has not met our expectations for him as a Savior.
Here’s something to think about: “Too many pilgrims would get in behind Jesus on the road to the throne, but they would not follow him on the way to the cross. They would wave palms before the coming king, but they would not obey the Suffering Servant.” I pray that God would help us as a community to grow in faithfulness to our Faithful God, through thick and thin, even when it doesn’t make life happier or easier.
I read somewhere that Hudson Taylor, pioneer missionary to China, thought Jesus’ words in Mark 11:22, “Have faith in God,” might be translated, “Hold on to the faithfulness of God.” The scriptures for feasting on this week are about faithfulness, both God’s unfailing faithfulness to us and the importance of our faithfulness to God:
Deuteronomy 11:13-21
Psalm 91:1-4
Matthew 25:14-21
2 Timothy 2:8-13
Hebrews 3:1-6
Your sister in Christ,
Betsy
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“The will of God will never take you where the Grace of God will not protect you.” (passed on from a friend on the email list)
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