“Shout and cheer…raise the roof…Your King is coming! A good King who makes all things right, a humble King riding a donkey, a mere colt of a donkey…He will offer peace to the nations, a peaceful rule worldwide, from the four winds to the seven seas.”
Zechariah 9:9-10 MSG
Blessed Palm Sunday to you beloved! This is not just a holy day, but a wholly redemptive one. It was on this day, 2,000+ years ago, the Lover of your soul presented Himself as the Prince of Peace and King of Salvation riding humbly into Jerusalem on His way into His suffering and Passion for you. A day when Grace Himself made His last public appearance before He alone laid His life down for you.
Just as Jesus caused the colt to be unbound and free to come into His Presence, so too, His blood was shed to set you free from the law of sin and death and it’s chains that keep you in bondage. Like that colt who had never been ridden (and because of that, the Jews considered it to be fit for a king), Jesus has called you to Himself to make His home in you (and yours in Him) because He says, “you are worthy of love and I have made you fit to carry My glory.” (Colossians 1:27)
As His child, you have been set free to be you, unashamed, because you have been washed in Mercy’s love. You are free to be yourself with Him and count on His peace, comfort, tenderness and grace to displace your fear, worry and pain.
And like the people who laid down their garments before Him, we can lay down our rags of performance and take up His royal robe of righteousness bestowed upon us in His resurrection! For as the palm branches were fanned out before Him, He now declares us “flourishing palm trees in His uncompromising righteousness.” (Psalm 92:12)
Beloved, He took your place and gave you His! It’s all a gift. So, open your heart this week and believe that everything He did, He did for you…for one reason: relationship!
Happy Easter Week!
Resting In His Love,
Annalee Reyes
If you’ve never accepted Jesus and what He did for you into your heart, you can pray this prayer below:
“Father God, I believe you sent your Son to die for me and by His blood He washed my sins away and took my curse at the cross. Lord Jesus, I ask you to come into my heart and be Lord and Savior of my life. I give my life to you and believe I am now a new creation, raised in newness of life in you. I am now your spotless, dearly loved child. In Jesus name. Amen.”
To read your anointed pondering you allow us to be in your thoughts. That is a very peaceful and loving place for anyone to be. Anything of yours I read I am so aware of being with you and I know your loving heart. Thank you for that.