Do you recognize it ?

"“ Fear not, daughter of Zion;
Behold, your King is coming,
Sitting on a donkey’s colt.”
His disciples did not understand these things at first; but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written about Him and that they had done these things to Him."
John 12: 15-16 (New King James Version)

Christ had sent two of His disciples to get the colt. A great multitude had heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, took branches of palm trees and went out to meet Him, and cried out: “ Hosanna! ‘ Blessed is He who comes in the name of the LORD!’The King of Israel!” And as He rode on the colt His disciples who were watching all of this did not understand at it first. But here is the key... They (His disciples) knew the word of God !

They all had come from different walks of life but they had been founded well with the word that they remembered the prophecy mentioned in Zechariah 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. " They recognized the prophecy and understood it and realized that they had been used by God to play a part in it too.

Are we well founded ? There are so many prophecies that might have its fulfillment in our generation ...but do we even know the word that we will be able to recognize it ? Do we even know the word that we will be able to understand it ?

We call ourselves Christians and are His followers. Are we well founded on His word ?

Many of us say "The prophetic books are just sooo difficult to understand !" ... Well thats because we are relying on us understanding it the moment we read it and not waiting on the Lord to teach us :-) Many of us read the Bible in 5-10 mins close it , say a prayer and we are off .... How many of us sit at His presence and say Lord open my eyes...Lord teach me ? When we sit in class, we just dont read few lines from our text book and decide "ok I dont understand" and then walk of... No, we sit for 45 mins in class...listen to what the teacher has to say,take down notes...and if we have a doubt we ask and if the teacher doesnt answer the question then we follow up on it the next day and keep asking until we have it clarified.

Why do we handle studying the word of God differently ? We need to sit at His feet and say "Lord teach me..." and listen ! I pray that we will be well founded on His holy word by His holy grace.

God Bless