Mensa Otabil - Worshipping Jesus
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Well, we’re getting closer and closer to Jerusalem. Luke 19 verse 35-36. Then they brought him to Jesus, and they threw their own clothes on the colt, and they set Jesus on him. And as he went, many spread their cloths on the road. Two disciples were sent by Jesus to a village and were pointed to a place where they will find a colt that had been tied that must be loosened uh to be brought to Jesus. And they fulfill the assignment. They bring the cult to Jesus Christ.
And there is something to learn there that when God sets us free, he brings us to himself. This cult was not just freed to go on his way uh to just roam around by his own pleasure. He was freed to have a new owner, to have a new direction, to have a new purpose. Many times people look at the freedom that we have in Christ and they think it’s freedom for freedom’s sake. It’s freedom for them to enjoy life. Freedom for them to live their own life. But Christ sets us free. He loses us so that we can be brought to him. We can be brought to his presence. And when they brought the colt or the donkey to the presence of Jesus, two things happened that are of note.
First is that the disciples who had brought the coat took off their own clothes and placed them on the donkey. It is a sign of worship. They took from themselves something that was of value, something that was important, something that covered them and they placed it on the donkey. And they were saying that everything that is important to us, we put it at the disposal of Jesus. And then they did something again after they had put their clothes on the donkey. They set Jesus on the donkey. Literally, they lifted Jesus up and they placed him on the donkey. They didn’t allow Jesus to climb by himself.
So they enthroned Jesus. They magnified him. They honored him and what they did was a prophetic act because they were publicly acknowledging that this Jesus is the promised messiah. He’s the promised king. You know, Peter had said earlier that Jesus was the son of God. And now these disciples are dramatizing that statement that Jesus truly is the son of God. So they put their cloths on the donkey. They lifted up Jesus and enthroned him on the donkey. And after they did that, the people, the crowd around them started also doing things to celebrate Jesus. People took their cloth and put it on the floor. But what the people did was because of the example of the disciples.
And there is something instructive there for us that many people worship God when they see us worship God. People love God when they see us love God. Especially if you are a parent, the way you model Christ at home influences your children to also live for Christ. If you are a teacher, if you just serve the Lord, your students will see what it means to serve the Lord in your office. Many times we are too much in a hurry to knock people on the head with the gospel and try making a lot of noise about them giving their life to Christ. But these people just acted out their faith and their worship. And as they acted it out, the crowd who were watching also followed suit and put their services or their clothes at the service of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Today, as we remember this great event of Jesus going into Jerusalem, we must also commit that we would do things with Christ that will encourage other people to live for him. that we will live for him in such a way that people who see us will have an appetite for God, an appetite for the Lord Jesus Christ because of what we demonstrate.
Let’s pray. Say with me, heavenly father, I recognize Jesus Christ as my Lord and King. Help me to tell the world all about him in Jesus name. Amen. And amen.