Hosanna to the Son of David!

Now when they drew near to Jerusalem and came to Bethphage, to the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples, saying to them, "Go into the village in front of you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her. Untie them and bring them to me. If anyone says anything to you, you shall say, 'The Lord needs them,' and he will send them at once." This took place to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet, saying, "Say to the daughter of Zion, 'Behold, your king is coming to you, humble, and mounted on a donkey, and on a colt, the foal of a beast of burden.'" The disciples went and did as Jesus had directed them. They brought the donkey and the colt and put on them their cloaks, and he sat on them. Most of the crowd spread their cloaks on the road, and others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road. And the crowds that went before him and that followed him were shouting, "Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!" And when he entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred up, saying, "Who is this?" And the crowds said, "This is the prophet Jesus, from Nazareth of Galilee." And Jesus entered the temple and drove out all who sold and bought in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who sold pigeons. He said to them, "It is written, 'My house shall be called a house of prayer,' but you make it a den of robbers." And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple, and he healed them. But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying out in the temple, "Hosanna to the Son of David!" they were indignant, and they said to him, "Do you hear what these are saying?" And Jesus said to them, "Yes; have you never read, "'Out of the mouth of infants and nursing babies you have prepared praise'?" - Matt 21.1-16

Lest there be any reason we can concoct to show we have reason to glory in ourselves, let us to to our King. He came into the world born in a manger, and even when He comes into Jerusalem and is flooded with praises and admiration and glory from all the people or Israel, He enters on the back of a donkey and a colt with it. He enters, gloriously praised and adored, on the shoulders of a common "beat of burden", and what a great burden He himself bore. The son of God lowered Himself to such humble means when He could have rightly entered riding on the wings of angels, how much more should we, unworthy sinners with no cause of boasting in our selves, humble ourselves before men? Let us look to our King and His humility and humble ourselves in our proper place lest we build for ourselves a throne of glory and are humbled by God! One of the first things He does upon entering Jerusalem was to purge the temple from all sorts of greed and profanity that had replaced the honor and worship of His Father. The son of God who was due the glory and praise and honor of all the world, humbled Himself and brought the focus back to His Father condemning all profiteering and greed that had permeated the temple. After purging his holy temple, He showed compassion on the sick and needy and the little children continued to honor Him as the "Son of David" and recognized Him as their King and the Lord sent from Heaven. This was a great cause of offense for the Jewish leaders, not only had He disrupted their business, but He was now being honored as the Messiah! When questioned about it, our King showed them the hardness of their hearts in that even infants and babes honored Him but they would not bow their knee to their King; what children had seen, the priests and scribes (who were vastly aware of the scriptures) were blind to! Oh this is such a glorious picture of our King, robed in humility and glorified by children of pure, unadulterated faith. We serve the King of Kings, the Lord of Lords, the Son of the Living God, and He alone is worthy of all our praise and admiration! Let us not be so adorned in our own religious accomplishments and our own self righteousness that we expect something greater than we view ourselves to come and save us. The humble will be exalted, and the first shall be last. Let us look to Christ, who could have adorned Himself in fine silks and gold and jewels and commanded our worship, and let us see how He came to serve us and save us in the ultimate act of service and sacrifice, laying down His life. Let us glorify Him, and direct all glory given to ourselves to Him and Him alone, who is worthy of all praise and honor and glory. This Palm Sunday, let us sing praises to Him and glorify Him and keep ourselves humbled before Him.