Don't Miss the Donkey

 There’s a passage in Matthew where Jesus returns to Jerusalem, and this was shortly before he was taken captive in the Garden of Gethsemane.  This passage, Matthew 21: 1-11, talks about how Jesus returned.  In verse two we see where Jesus sent for a donkey and the donkey was brought unto him.
Let me set the stage here.  Most of the Jewish population then was looking for their King, a great King, a King of all Kings.  When you think of a King, you think of one wearing a crown and wearing luxurious robes of purple and red and gold threads running through it.  We think of him sitting on a high throne with a scepter in his hand and surrounded by guards, right? That’s what the Jewish people were expecting. And that’s totally understandable.
Verse four and five alerts us to a prophecy that said “Tell ye the daughter of Sion [church], Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass.” [emphasis mine]
Now, horsemen know horses. They know a good quality horse when they see one.  You don’t buy cattle without knowing what you are getting into, right?
You would think that these folks would recognize a well-bred donkey, quality stock, if you will. After all, most of them were herdsmen and farmers.  There were no marks on him, he was young. Basically, this was the Cadillac of all donkeys … low mileage you see. He had never been ridden before. Many failed to recognize their king because Jesus didn’t come into town wearing royal robes with a crown on his head and waving a scepter at his royal subjects.
Verse 10 says, “And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, Who is this?”  Sometimes our answers don’t come to us wrapped up in pretty packages with dangling curls of ribbon and a card attached to it, amen? Amen.
I want you to know today that the same King that came riding into Jerusalem that day is the same King that will ride up into your camp bearing gifts, bringing answers, stirring your faith, solving all your problems, meeting all your needs and more.
Isaiah 61: 3 tells us this same King will comfort all that mourn. He will give unto you beauty for the heaps of ashes in your life. He will give you oil of joy for mourning. He’ll walk right up to you and give you a garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness that you’ve been walking around in. He will plant you as a tree of righteousness that the LORD may be glorified.
He’ll use you to build up the old waste areas, and raise up the former desolations, repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations. He’ll cause strangers to stand and feed your flocks, the sons of people you don’t know to dress your vineyards.
This same king has named us the Priests of the LORD and for our shame he’ll give us double [blessing], for confusion [darkness and despair] we’ll rejoice in our portion.
But this stuff doesn’t happen overnight. In the spiritual realm it has already happened. The sooner you let your spirit believe this, the sooner your answers will come. 
Let me tell you that no matter how dark your world is right now you can rise up victoriously. Realize that this darkness is already around you, it can’t do anything more to you. You have no choice but to open your heart to the only true and living source of light – it’s the King.  It’s the same king that came riding into Jerusalem on that donkey.  While you may be looking for this light you so desperately need to come in one form or another – don’t miss your donkey.
Jesus said in John 14:6, "I am the way, the truth and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me." 
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In His Service,
La Donna