Scripture to Read: Mark 11
God is sovereign in everything, which means He is our supreme Ruler and King. God never lies and never makes mistakes. God’s leadership in all things has been and always will be perfect. As Jesus instructed two of His disciples to find the colt—and note, God led Mark to mention only the colt, not the donkey—we also see that God had Mark write down that the colt had never been sat upon before or ridden. More than likely, God had Matthew mention both the donkey and the colt in Matthew 21 because the colt would have probably still needed its mother (the donkey). There are no mistakes in the Bible, but it is beautiful to see how God led some of His writers to give more or fewer details as needed for His original audience and then also for us today. The point is that we can trust God and know that our Lord Jesus rode in on a colt that had never been ridden. In Mark 11, Jesus tells the two disciples that if anyone questions them, they are to say, “The Lord has need of it.” We don’t know whether our Lord pre-arranged with someone or if God the Father prepared the hearts of those who would question the disciples to be gracious to the disciples so as not to hinder God the Father’s perfect will. Either way, what was carried out was the perfect plan of our Heavenly Father. The beauty in this is that we can also trust God in every area of our lives, even when it may not make sense.
Challenge & Application
What is God commanding you to do that you don’t fully understand the “why” behind it yet?
How will you walk in obedience to God’s commands this week, no matter how much you know the “why”?
Don’t forget to pray using the A.C.T.S. (Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, Supplication) method!