Sunday 24 Mar 2013

Sunday Reading: Mark 11:1-11

Key Verse: Mark 11:10
10  Blessed be the kingdom of our father David, that cometh in the name of the Lord: Hosanna in the highest.

Devotion:
Depending on where is the world you are, this may or may not be Palm Sunday, the Sunday before Resurrection Sunday; the day when Jesus was thought to have come back into Jerusalem. This was not any ordinary event but one that Jesus did according to the scriptures because that is what God the Father had so ordained. We can never truly know just what was going through Christ’s mind as He organised this final entry but we can be certain that He was doing it for love.

There are some pretty extraordinary things that we will do for love but none more so that what Christ has done for us. We need to recognise what He has done and bring it to remembrance more than just once a year when it gets close to Easter! We need to be constant in our praise for Christ and all that He has done. We need to be honest and dedicated in our praise as well because Christ was certainly dedicated when He took this last journey into Jerusalem. He knew what lay ahead and still He chose to continue on and forward, just for us.

If you sit down and think the events through then you must come to the conclusion that Christ loves us with a love that is way beyond what we may think of as normal. But when we study the events we find out more than this; we find out a determination to make sure that God’s promises came true. We find a God who made things possible that may otherwise have been seen as impossible. We find a just God who knew that this was the only way we could survive.

We have had God’s Word, the Scriptures, our Bibles for quite a long time. They have been studied, consolidated, printed, taught and proclaimed for all of that time as well. That is because God has promised that we shall have access to His Word all the time and He has made that possible. He made it possible for His Son to come and take our place on that cross; we are the guilty ones who have broken His law and we should be there – but Jesus stepped up and took our place. What love!

Points to Ponder:
What is your response to someone loving you?

What is your response to Jesus loving you?