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Updated 2/26/10
“The Unusual Need”
“And if any man say unto you, Why do ye this? say ye that the Lord hath need of
him; and straightway he will send him hither.” Mark 11:3
Wander away with me for the next few moments and ponder the problem in our
text. How will Jesus make His entrance into Jerusalem? The mode of
transportation was foretold many years earlier in Zechariah 9:9, “Rejoice greatly,
O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh
unto thee: He is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and
upon a colt the foal of an ass.” But where would He get the beasts that He would
stretch a garment between and ride upon? He did not purchase them at Beast-
Max, or snap His finger and manufacture them, although He could have.
Someone, (we do not even know his name), provided the need of our Savior. We
do not think of the Omnipotent One as being in need of anything, do we? Far too
often we spend our time asking Him for our needs to be met rather than inquiring
if He needs anything. While the needs of society are unlimited, salvation is the
ultimate need. How will the Word of God be transported, how will the Gospel
message be carried out and about? He has chosen to use the method of giving.
He gives to us, we give to Him. I am in awe at the sufficiency of the simple
statement made to this owner of the colt: “Tell him the Lord has a need, and he’ll
let it go.” It must be that he saw himself as a steward and viewed the colt as
already belonging to Jesus.
Untying to Meet the Lord’s Need,
Bro David