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TIED UP!

Text :  Matthew 21:1. 

“Go into the village ahead of you. At once you will find a donkey tied up and a colt with it. Untie them, and bring them to me. 

It was prophesied long time ago that the saviour will have a triumphant entry into Jerusalem. Zechariah 9:9 says, “Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion;   cry out, daughter of Jerusalem! Look! Your king is coming to you.   He is righteous, and he is able to save. He is humble, and is riding on a colt, the foal of a donkey."

In the fullness of time, Jesus sent His disciples on an errand in fulfilment of this prophecy. Today, we want to look at what this donkey and colt symbolize.

Primarily, donkeys are work animals which are used as means of transportation and for luggage carrying. So, Jesus needed to ride to Jerusalem in fulfilment of prophecy, but He can't obviously use a strayed donkey. And this is where the tied donkey came in.

Today, Jesus is still looking for who to ride on in order to fulfill His mandate. Just like in the case of the donkey, He can't use a strayed individual. Anyone who has gone astray can not be useful for the Master.

If the donkey and the colt refused to be tied down by their owner, they would not be useful when the Master called. 

God designed children to be trained within a home so they can be useful for their creator. God placed you in your local assembly so He can use you for His glory at His appointed time.

 *Any individual who refuses taming and tutelage will not be fit for a glorious use.* 

Today's generation doesn't want to stay under. People are clamouring for Independence untimely. But like the tied donkey, Jesus Christ Himself will order for your release and manifestation at the right time.

It says in  Ecclesiastes 3:11 that "He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in their hearts, yet so that man can’t find out the work that God has done from the beginning even to the end."

Imagine a situation where the disciples didn't meet the donkey tied down as directed. Well, God can never be stranded, He always reserves for Himself seven thousand competent hands that can do the same job. 

Don't lose your divine destiny because you cannot stay under tutelage. Don't run away from your place of making. Even when it is not palatable, stay put, because you are coming out as gold.

 *PRAYER FOCUS* 

1.) Father, grant me the  grace to be patient in my period of preparation that I may be qualified to carry my master.

 *Bible Reading :* 

Matthew 21:1-11.

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