Sistas Saving Sistas for Christ

"The disciples went and did as Jesus had instructed them. They brought the donkey and the colt and placed their cloaks on them for Jesus to sit on. A very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road, while others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road.  The crowds that went ahead of him and those that followed shouted, “Hosanna to the Son of David!”  “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Hosanna in the highest heaven!” When Jesus entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred and asked, “Who is this?”  The crowds answered, “This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee.” Matthew 21:6-11

               I feel so very sorry for the Pharisees because they would not embrace who Jesus truly was for to embrace who Jesus was would have meant that they would have to relinquish who they thought they were and come face to face with the reality of who they really were apart from His grace and mercy, in addition to embracing the true freedom that He came to give them including His grace and mercy. And to do that would have meant they would have to let go of themselves and all that they held onto, such as titles, positions, and their stuff. Hmmm. They wanted to stay right where they were and wanted everybody else to stay there with them. Sistas, misery loves company. And this is how it is with those around us who remember what and who we used to be. If we were a whore monger, an adulteress, a prostitute, a swindler or a liar, folk that knew us or knew of us in our BC days want to keep us right there. For they want to keep us in bondage of who we were instead of embracing who we are now even though we now full well know the truth of who He says we are.

             The Pharisees could not even wrap their minds around Him being Messiah and hated the praise of those who did. Ladies, there are some people who will embrace what God has to say about you, who you are now, who you will become and your praise, but then there are those that simply want to keep you right where you were. The key is that we must not let them. Days later, Jesus sat near the temple and observed all that was going on. A midst all of those around Him He focused on this one woman. It is amazing to me how He takes notice of those of us that are seemingly unnoticeable or trivial in the eyes of mere man and ignores those of us that simply have to and want to be noticed. His focus is on us, the outcast and the seemingly downcast. We are the apple of His eye when all others seem to want to diss us He is there right there with us capturing every moment of who He says we are to Him. This woman was of profound faith for you see this woman literally gave her all. Mmmm. She gave all that she had to the one who proclaimed himself to be Jehovah Jireh, The Lord God Our Provider, El Shaddai, The More than Enough God,  The All Sufficient One. He is THE SUPPLY, but yet SHE GAVE HER ALL TO HIM!!!! Amazing!!!! This woman could have held on to it all in hopes that He would recognize her destitute state and show her pity but instead she knew that once she gave all of her substance to him, the thing(s) that she might have wanted to hold on to, He being the God that He was would do something even more wonderful with what she had left and replace the old with something so wonderfully new if she just trusted Him. Jesus saw her faithfulness and I believe that He blessed her for it.