Carrying Christ farther....

<sup>So,
Which biblical character would you most like to meet? Jesus is a given. Maybe Paul? Peter? The Mary's? All good choices.


But check it!


1 (A)</sup>When they had approached Jerusalem and had come to Bethphage, at ^(B)the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples, ² saying to them, “Go into the village opposite you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied there and a colt with her; untie them and bring them to Me. ³ If anyone says anything to you, you shall say, ‘The Lord has need of them,’ and immediately he will send them.”

How about the owner of the donkey!!?!?!?!

I know, I'm weird... It's not the first time I've heard that. LOL

But honestly I've got questions...

• How does this dude know that Jesus needs HIS donkey?
• He didn't mind having HIS donkey taken? And used?
• When it all played out and he witnessed the whole breakdown, how did he  feel?
• Was he proud, surprised, afraid? What?!!??!?

We don't know the owner of the donkey's name, but we do know that all four gospels tell the story of an anonymous donkey owner and his donkey which ultimately carry Jesus into the city of Jerusalem to begin the end his public ministry, and to ultimately set the timer on the greatest gift humanity will ever receive.

God dying for us....

Have you ever felt like there was something you had that God wanted you to give, but you didn't give it? And even worse, you ultimately find out that by not giving it, you missed an awesome opportunity to make a difference in somebodies life?

God I've been there.

Or have you ever known God wanted something from you, but you don't give out of selfishness because you feel like you have a right to keep it?

Or those RARE occurrences where you hear God's voice, and you act.. You feel so humbled that God used you to help someone out.

I guess for me, I wonder whether or not my small, individual acts really make all that much of a difference.

But that's the thing... We all have a "donkey". We all have something that if we obediently gave it to God, we could carry Christ farther....

What's your "donkey"? Is it your time? Your talent? Maybe your giving? What are you holding on to, that if you gave it, Christ gets farther. Maybe in you neighborhood? Work? Maybe He simply gets carried farther into one more home. Maybe even into one more heart...

Christ wants to mount your donkey to be carried farther.

The bible is full of small acts that are given to a BIG God to produce tremendous results.

• Rahab's rope
• Paul's Bucket
• A lad's lunch
• Sampson's jawbone
• David's sling

It seems like nothing. But when you give it to God, He makes a masterpiece out of your small act of obedience.

I bet the owner didn't know that giving his donkey was prophecy being fulfilled..

Zachariah 9:9

^{9 (N)}Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion!
Shout in triumph, O daughter of Jerusalem!
Behold, your ^(O)king is coming to you;
He is ^[g](P)just and ^(Q)endowed with salvation,
^(R)Humble, and mounted on a donkey,
Even on a ^(S)colt, the ^[h]foal of a donkey.

Man.. The nameless owner's donkey carried GOD into a city.

Our "donkey" can do the same. Give it... The Lord has need of it