# 608 - Today's Du-votional comes from: Mr 11:1-6 Now when they drew near Jerusalem, to Bethphage and Bethany, at the Mount of Olives, He sent two of His disciples; and He said to them, "Go into the village opposite you; and as soon as you have entered it you will find a colt tied, on which no one has sat. Loose it and bring it. "And if anyone says to you, 'Why are you doing this?' say, 'The Lord has need of it,' and immediately he will send it here." So they went their way, and found the colt tied by the door outside on the street, and they loosed it. But some of those who stood there said to them, "What are you doing, loosing the colt?" And they spoke to them just as Jesus had commanded. So they let them go.
We have arrived at the day we call “Palm Sunday.” Passion week is about to begin. This particular incident regarding Jesus riding on the foal of a donkey into Jerusalem was a specific prophecy found in Zec 9:9. "Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your King is coming to you; He is just and having salvation, Lowly and riding on a donkey, A colt, the foal of a donkey. This prophecy was written over 500 years before Jesus was born!
I want to zero in on one specific part of this event. “They spoke to them just as Jesus had commanded, so they let them go.” Have you ever considered that Jesus has given us specific words to speak in the Sacraments? Speak them as He commanded and they have the same force as if He were there speaking them.....because He is.
Virtually every Christian baptism and every celebration of the Lord's Supper uses these words in one form or another.
Don't mess with them. Speak them as He commanded, because they are spoken in faith to loosen us from our sins. They are spoken as a direct command from Jesus through His servants, and our sins have no choice, they, like the owners of the donkey, “must let go.”
Father, thank You for the Sacraments, thank You for the consolation and confidence that our sins are untied and sent away, gone forever in the Sea of Forgetfulness.
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