Palm Sunday: An Invitation to Reflect on our Motives
It was the same crowd….
A few years ago, my greatest fear was that people would not know the name of Jesus. Today, that is no longer my greatest fear.
My greatest fear is: what Jesus will they be presented?
In a world consumed with “what can I get” and “how does this benefit me” — in a culture that designs mobile devices to make taking selfies easier and almost automatic, we find ourselves in great danger.
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And before we think this is a new or novel idea, we would be wise to remember that there is nothing new under the sun. The people who celebrated Jesus as he entered Jerusalem had their own motives and agendas. They had their own terms, their own conditions, for accepting the kingship of Jesus. Those terms were communicated through the symbols they held and the words they shouted.
John 12:12–15 (CSB): The next day, when the large crowd that had come to the festival heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, they took palm branches and went out to meet him.
It would be easy to gloss over the symbol of pal…
