Broken. Matthew 21:1-5 NTL

I started riding horses when I was about 4. The first horse my family owned was named Peggy. She was no grand stallion or race horse. She was really nothing more than an old mare. She had a bad case of sway back from years of being ridden and unless you were headed back to the barn, she would only walk.....very slowly. 

Peggy hadn't always been that way. At one time she must of been a frisky colt. I bet she kicked up her heals with the best of them. She had to be trained and taught. First she would have been walked on a lead to calm her down. She would have to get use to a humans touch. She would learn trust, the feel of a saddle and how to hold a bit comfortably in her mouth. Then she would get use to weight in the saddle. A little at first, then slowly increased. At last she would be broken.  

God didn't come to earth in royal fashion. He didn't live in a castle or mansion. He didn't ride a beautiful stallion, He rode a donkeys colt. A poor man's transportation, a pack animal. 

And yet, even the colt knew the cargo it carried was special. A young donkey, the most stubborn, uncooperative, unbroken animal around didn't refuse to be ridden, didn't shy from the Savior, didn't buck when the crowd's closed in. 

Maybe we all should take a lesson from these young animals. Maybe we all should be broken. 

Matthew 21:1-5 NTL 

Jesus’ Triumphant Entry 

1 As Jesus and the disciples approached Jerusalem, they came to the town of Bethphage on the Mount of Olives. Jesus sent two of them on ahead.  2 “Go into the village over there,” He said. “As soon as you enter it, you will see a donkey tied there, with its colt beside it. Untie them and bring them to Me.  3 If anyone asks what you are doing, just say, ‘The Lord needs them,’ and he will immediately let you take them.” 

4 This took place to fulfill the prophecy that said, 

5 “Tell the people of Jerusalem,  ‘Look, your King is coming to you. 

He is humble, riding on a donkey— riding on a donkey’s colt.’” 

Zechariah 9: 9 Rejoice, O people of Zion! Shout in triumph, O people of Jerusalem! 

Look, your king is coming to you. He is righteous and victorious, yet he is humble, riding on a donkey—riding on a donkey’s colt. 

Blessings, Cecilia