JESUS, THE DONKEY, AND YOU :)))

JESUS, THE DONKEY, AND YOU.

It is no mistake to let us know that, things that happen in the old are because of us, so that we can understand situations better in our lives today.¹ When this young man was growing up, I wonder how his life was. All those times that he went through education, both at home, in church and everywhere, I wonder what his colleagues and people older than him were thinking. This is because, His talks were bigger than him, and it never reflected that he was a son of a mere carpenter who doesn’t even own a house in his hometown. Pity huh!

He had to undergo training and experiences for about 30 years in order to carry out just a three year assignment, which climax is marked by the season we all are holidaying in Ghana and the rest of the world today.

I remember the day he told his disciples to go fetch the donkey in order to fulfil what was written about him, I’m sure they were surprised!! A DONKEY!!?? Wait a minute, donkeys are meant for carrying loads, not human beings, not to talk of you, OUR LORD AND MASTER!! Why not go in for a horse?? A horse is more prestigious, and can better identify with your status as MASTER!! But still, he went for the donkey, one that was not even good enough to function as a donkey (that is can’t even carry any load-as useless, humiliated and helpless as it was)^.  Finally, poor little donkey arrived, and guess what; the disciples spread their cloak on it, and the King of Glory sat on it. WOW.. the stone which had been rejected, it is that which has become the capstone!! As the donkey humbled itself and Jesus SAT on it, His DIGNITY, GLORY, BEAUTY, PRAISE, HAIL were all enjoyed by the donkey FREE of charge. Then it rode Him throughout the town, riding on the cloaks of the same people who never regarded its potential as a donkey.. HOW IRONICALLY SPLENDID!!!

It is the same with you and me, if we understand who we were and how JESUS pulled us up to enjoy his glory FREE of charge, we will always long deep with Him. All we have to do is HUMBLE ourselves for the master(just like the donkey), and AS HE RIDES ON US THROUGHOUT OUR STAY ON EARTH, EVERYBODY WILL HEAR ABOUT HIS GLORY, OUR GLORY; HIS BEAUTY, OUR BEAUTY; HIS WORTH, OUR WORTH; HIS DIGNITY, OUR DIGNITY!!!.

¹Heb 10:1, ²Mat 21:1-11

Gifty Sitsofe Amewor