Zechariah 9:9
Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter
of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; righteous and
having salvation is he, humble and mounted on a donkey, on a colt, the
foal of a donkey.
This
isn’t really the description found in most fairy tales of a prince arriving, is
it? Where’s the white horse? And where is the royal entourage?
Yes,
this verse instructs the women to rejoice and shout aloud at the sight of their
king’s arrival…on a donkey…humble…yet righteous and having salvation.
I
remember one of the things I fell in love with in my husband was his humility,
his complete trust in God, and the fact that he was in a wheelchair and never
complained, when I first met him. What a guy, I thought. I had already
dated lots of guys who thought they were “all that” and those who were popular,
by high school standards.
Jesus
comes to us offering us what he knows we need, not what we dream up in some
fantasy from which we will awaken the next morning.
He
knows we need a righteous king who offers salvation to us, and he knows that
when we recognize him as king, we can’t help but rejoice and be glad.
Are
you still waiting for your Prince Charming?
He’s right beside you, just notice Him. And rejoice!
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