![]() If you feel ordinary and insignificant, I submit to you that He uses ordinary people, strengthening them in the significance of relationship with Him-all for the advancement of His kingdom. You were not created to stay tied up on the post of the city gate. ![]() The Lord has need of you! He is in the business of untying donkeys-of breaking people free from that which holds them back. Jesus knows this, beloved one, and as the Anointed One in your life, He comes to untie the ropes that are holding you back, to break every yoke, and to declare to you that your life is not over. And like the untied donkey in the story in the gospel of Matthew, one of the hardest things to come to terms with when we face transition is our usefulness.Īllow me to pose these questions, Are there ropes holding you back, keeping you from knowing which direction to take? Are there ropes that keep you stuck? Have you accepted the lie, agreed with the argument, that life is over and there is nothing left? Do you hear the whisper, “I’m too old, too much time has been lost”? Do you wonder where to start? Do thoughts of starting over overwhelm you? We are certainly not donkeys, but I’d like to submit that our relationship to this story may be this: many of us are tied up. And because of this, He calls out to us and draws us to Himself. If this is you, I have good news! The human spirit will always cry out for more-God created us this way. We converse with friends, we seek counsel, we pray, and we search for that which matters. I have found it even more common for those of us in our fifties, sixties, and seventies to play the conversations over and over asking ourselves, What’s next? What now? As ones who have absorbed life’s blows, endured the wounds of failure, enjoyed our accomplishments, and relished in our successes, we find that we still wonder. Many folks, much like the untied donkey in Matthew’s gospel, feel as though they have come to the end of the road. The only explanation that the disciples were to give to the owner was that “the Lord has need of them.” On the day of His triumphal entry into Jerusalem, Jesus instructed His disciples to head into the city, untie a colt from its post outside a certain house, and then bring it to Jesus for His use. In Jesus’ time, a donkey was a valuable possession for the ordinary middle-class family. ![]() ![]() If anyone says anything to you, say that the Lord needs them.” ( Matthew 21:2–3, NIV) “Go to the village ahead of you, and at once you will find a donkey tied there, with her colt by her. By Selenia Vera 6/6/18 Training and Events ![]()
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