What is your why?

 

Last Sunday in church many were reading about the palms being placed at Jesus feet.  Some churches handed out palms that were folded into a cross to take home as a reminder of Palm Sunday. 

Everyone felt the excitement in the air during Jesus’s time that week.  People were shouting “Hosanna to the Son of David!  Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!”  We could make assumptions about the climate that day.  You could almost see the sunshine coming through the clouds warming the ground that the donkey slowly carried Jesus.  The noise from the crowd was joyful as the people followed Jesus into town placing palms at his feet.

Then within days, everything changed.  There was a chill in the air.  The happy faces were suddenly angry.  Shouts of “Hosanna” suddenly turned to “Crucify him!”  How quickly a crowd can change.  How quickly opinions can be swayed.

We also live in a fickle crowd.  One day a person has his or her fifteen minutes of fame, and then the next day they are tossed aside for the new big thing.

What makes the difference is not the crowd, but the person.  What is your WHY?  Jesus knew his before he turned towards the cross that week.  He knew his WHY - and I am so grateful for that.

There will be naysayers every day to discourage and deter you from God’s calling on your life.  Some people have other agendas.  Some just want others to feel the pain they are currently experiencing.  We need to keep our eyes on our WHY - Jesus.  Not on recognition or praise from others.  God will give us the strength for each step.  There will be difficulties in our life.  We were promised that in scripture.  What we need to do is remember our heavenly Father will be with us through it all.

Keep your WHY secured firmly in your heart.  Ignore the noise around you.  

Gods got this and You.  Then you will finish the race - with your eyes focused on Him.

 

Matthew 21: 7-9

7 They brought the donkey and the colt and placed their cloaks on them for Jesus to sit on. 8 A very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road, while others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road. 9 The crowds that went ahead of him and those that followed shouted, “Hosanna to the Son of David!” “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Hosanna in the highest heaven!”

2 Timothy 4:7 (NIV)

I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.

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