Why a donkey?
In Service Notes from Bruno on Steve’s sermon.
Why did Jesus ride in on a donkey?
What expectations am I holding onto?
Where am I missing God’s movement because I expect it to look like something else?
What am I doing with what God is giving me right now?
Deut 8:6-9
Obedience to God = peace
God wants us to live in His peace
He wants us to stay in the fields, not to sit back and chill
God puts us in tough places so we can grow and draw near to Him
There are no short cuts
We can’t be flopping back and forth
God can change our plans
Jesus didn’t ride in like He’s described in Rev 19.
Whatever God has for you, that’s what you’re supposed to be doing.
business, teaching, trade work, doctor, Walmart, bus driver….
There are people ministering the gospel in all walks of life.
People need to connect to real people.
Jesus rode in on a young donkey (colt)
The donkey was the lowliest of animals to ride on.
They cried Hosanna - “Save us please”
They wanted to be restored as in the days of David.
He wasn’t a warrior king coming to save them from government oppression. He came to save us from spiritual oppression.
“ I think that Him arriving on a young donkey fits the same theme that most of Jesus’ life. He subverted expectations by arriving in humility rather than in all His glory. He was born in a low place, He was from a town people didn’t think much of, and He died the death of ultimate shame. His entire life was lived in humble circumstances. He lived a life of perfect obedience to the Father, and passed the test of life for us.” - Bruno