UNMUTED!

We saw a short video to celebrate Palm Sunday at church yesterday and it brought up a topic I hadn't thought about much.  You know the times Jesus healed people, but then told them to keep it on the down-low...or told his disciples just to "chill" (my paraphrase) because it wasn't His time yet?  In the back of my mind, those scriptures have always been weird because I would think it would be fine (or even AWESOME) for the people to tell everyone about everything they had seen and heard or the disciples to go all full-court press to advance the gospel.  It really wasn't until what we celebrate as Palm Sunday that Jesus, in the flesh, allowed people to praise and worship Him as their KING.  Interesting, right?!  Well, I thought so.  I think He knew as soon as He allowed this to happen...it would mark the end of his earthly ministry, you know.  Satan hates to have Jesus on the throne, so as soon as He was celebrated in this manner, Satan rallied all the evil in men's hearts to attack the flesh.  I think maybe Jesus was telling people to keep it quiet or to wait in order to fulfill what He needed to accomplish by His ministry....the teaching part of His time on earth....before He accomplished His ultimate sacrifice to give us the gift of new life.  But, I am not completely sure of that theory.  I don't want it to seem like I am giving Satan more power in that situation than he actually had or that he controlled when Jesus died because we know that everything that happened was and is the plan of GOD...How does good have a way of overcoming evil and making it submit to the beautiful story?  We might always marvel at that question.

Anyway, on the day Jesus asked for a donkey, I think He knew his earthly ministry was complete...His time had come to die for us and he was humbly accepting the responsibility of being our Savior.  That could be unpacked a lot more...

BUT NOW....Jesus is on His throne and there is NO REASON to be silent about what HE is doing in our lives, in fact, He commissioned his disciples to go and tell.

We can be bold in our faith.  In love, we should tell our stories.  When I attend a testimony service like I did last night, I am overwhelmingly reminded of the power in our simple stories that glorify Christ and the beauty in an invitation to join in.