He Knows the Way: Trust, Surrender, Follow Jesus

The same crowd that was shouting hosanna on Palm Sunday. The same crowd that was shouting hosanna on Palm Sunday. They will soon cry, crucify him. On Friday. On Sunday, they waved upon branches. But on Friday, the branches were not enough. The branches could not save them. Their praises could not redeem them. Their expectations could not fix them. They needed more than a branch. They needed a savior. [01:49:42] (34 seconds)  #FromPalmToCross

This branch represents expectation. This branch represents what I think god is gonna be doing for me. But by the end of the week, expectation was clashing with reality. Palm Sunday isn't just about palm branches and praise. It's about a relationship being restored. They were celebrating a king they wanted. Yes. Come on, Jesus. You are the king. But Jesus came to be the savior they needed. [01:13:10] (41 seconds)  #MoreThanPalmBranches

You could know the way and still never walk it. You could know the way and still never walk it because the distance between knowing and trusting is one word, Surrender. Surrender. And what does surrender mean? Surrender means laying down your version of what you think the way is. We all have a way in terms of how we choose to live our life. [01:06:58] (29 seconds)  #SurrenderIsTheWay

Even when it leads to somewhere you wouldn't choose. You see, trusting god sometimes is taking a step and you don't see where that step is gonna lie. It's about giving up control. It's about following him. Following that person down a path even if that path leads to a cross. That's what Palm Sunday is all about. [01:09:26] (32 seconds)  #TrustThePath

Do you know how powerful that is? You see, what god is saying, he doesn't need your experience. He doesn't need your experience. What he needs is your availability. That's all that is. Nobody ever sat on that coat. Nobody ever rode that coat. It's a wild donkey. It's a wild coat. It's a young one. Yet, it was untied and it followed the disciples where the disciples was gone. [01:39:53] (31 seconds)  #AvailabilityOverExperience

They wanted Jesus to come down and kick the Romans behind, but Jesus didn't wanna kick the Romans behind. Jesus wanted to kick the devils behind. It's not just about momentary liberation. It's about eternal liberation. It's not about momentary fixes. It's about an an eternal establishment of God creating righteousness in that person that has sinful expectations. [01:15:05] (29 seconds)  #EternalLiberation

In the in what we do in terms of serving god, we're walking it out. We're walking out what god demands from us but what you and I need to understand, it's something that's already been written out. We're walking out what's already been written out. Can I say that again? We're walking out what's already been written out. What is it? What's been written out? That we are greater than conquerors. [01:45:53] (27 seconds)  #WalkingOutTheScript

That greater is he that is in me than he that is in the world. It's already been written out. In other words, we have the victory in the one that died for us on the Cross Of Calvary. All we gotta do is take the first step. All we gotta do is take the first step because what we're walking out, we're fulfilling. We're fulfilling something that has already been established. [01:46:20] (21 seconds)  #TakeTheFirstStep