Luke 19:35-36 (ESV)
[35] And they brought it to
Jesus, and throwing their cloaks on the colt, they set Jesus on it. [36] And as
he rode along, they spread their cloaks on the road.
Jesus had just told the parable
of the king who goes into a far country. When he returned he held his servants
accountable for how they stewarded his money. Then we come to Luke 19:28-40
where he rides into Jerusalem on a colt to the celebration and worship of the
crowds. Three things speak to Jesus’ authority in this passage. First, he sends
his disciples to get a colt. It has never been ridden. It belongs to someone
else. Yet when they say, “The Lord has need of it.” The colt is released to
them. Why a colt that has never been ridden? Zech 9:9 says that the king will
come riding a colt. So the colt speaks to Jesus’ authority and fulfillment of
Scripture.
Second, is the worship of the
people. And third, when the Pharisees object, Jesus says, “I tell you, if these
were silent, the very stones would cry out.” His authority is expressed over
the natural world by riding an unridden colt and by claiming that the rocks
would cry out. His authority is also expressed in the worship and celebration
of the crowds. As he then weeps over Jerusalem and cleanses the temple one
cannot help but remember the story he just told about the returning king
holding his servants accountable. The King rode into town and the servants did
not recognize him.
But this makes me wonder how
often God is at work around me and I fail to see it. We’re too busy, or too tired,
or too distracted to see what God is doing. We’re too focused on our agendas
and our expectations to recognize the King. Yet he will accomplish his purposes.
To be honest, I’d rather be in the crowd worshiping him than one of the
Pharisees rebuking him, but sometimes I wonder which I am. Lord, make my heart
sensitive to your leading, my eyes open to your working, and my ears attuned to
your Spirit. May my life truly worship you.
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