“And those who went before and those who followed were shouting, “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David! Hosanna in the highest!””
Mark 11:9-10 ESV
Let us pray.
Lord Jesus, when we think of the triumphal entry, we think of all the noice and fanfare, the excitement and the buzz of new beginnings. Our hearts yearn from the oppression of the occupation that takes away our freedoms, stops us from being the people that we wont to be. The people of Jerusalem yearned for the Romans to be kicked out and a return to long lost glory. Yet they did not recognize the deeper oppression that was holding them back. The oppression of blindness to sin, arrogance and ignorance to their brothers and sister in the faith. Strangely enough we are still plagued by these same problems. Our hearts are clouded because of the sins that disguise themselves and hide right before our eyes, whisper in our ears, travel from our mouths with words that cut each other down. We don’t always recognize what we are doing or saying and how our pride and ignorance hide our real problems from our awareness and hide Your grace and freedom from our lives.
As much as we want freedom from the oppression of injustices in our world we need to first have freedom to choose to live justly, to have freedom from our sinful nature. Lord free us so that we can live in Your kingdom and work towards the overall freedom that You are bringing into this world. Help us to see, and to feel Your righteousness being lived out in our lives and in the lives of others. We Pray this in Your Holy Name, Amen..