June 15, 2019

June 15

Running with Jesus  

Luke 19:36-37 And as he went, they spread their clothes in the way. And when he was come nigh, even now at the descent of the mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen;

     What a glorious sight this is to see!  We can see the palm leaves waving in the dry air, coats lining the street as a red carpet and shouting, “Blessing on the King who comes in the name of the Lord”!  What they were really shouting was, “Our national liberator is here”.  Here we see prophesy being fulfilled and Jerusalem was full of travelers in town for the Passover celebration.  They were looking with those physical eyes and missing the most wonderful time in history since creation.  Jesus was on the way to not liberate the nation from physical bondage but from the bondage of sin.  Many thought he was the King who would deliver them from Roman bondage.

     So many people want liberation from the physical conditions they are in or some circumstance and are not looking for the most important liberation man needs.  Mans soul is doomed for eternity without true liberation from the bondage of sin. Sin has brought death upon us and as Mike says, “You can count on it!”  We are always looking at life from a physical perspective.  Man needed to be restored to a relationship with God our Father so when death comes we can have eternal life. He needs to be born again spiritually and restored to a right relationship with the Father. 

     Many today just want the miracles and what feels good and are getting caught up in all the shouting and get their conscience soothed.  Going to church looking for a feeling that only anesthetizes the conscience and have not realized after they leave they only have bandaged and medicated their sickness. Many have never removed the spiritual disease in the body and that is eternal death separation from God.  We must be careful when we get in this state because, just like many of these shouting and singing were feeling liberated but in a few days we will see they had not truly understood.  Their lives were never changed.

Father, help us to discern what true liberation is all about.  It is found in a person who walks with you, which comes through Christ to restore us spiritually and deliver us from the bondage of sin.  Don’t let us become medicated instead of regenerated and liberated.

Tomorrow: Jesus will weep, let’s see why!

Judy Hollaway

Originally penned 2015