Matthew 21:6<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSo the disciples went and did as Jesus commanded them.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n To be honest, not everything that Jesus says seems to make sense; at least not in the immediate present. Some things are difficult to understand and comprehend, yet Jesus says they are the right things to do. For example, \u201clove your enemy\u201d does not humanly speaking make sense at all. \u201cDo good to those who hurt you,\u201d sounds very weird. Why should I love and do good to the very people who desire my downfall and want my disgrace? Some of Jesus\u2019 teachings honestly may not make sense, yet we are called to obey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Just obey when it\u2019s clear He\u2019s the One speaking. Just obey without seeking first to understand. Is this not blindly following? Yes, it is, and blindly following anyone is a bad thing except when it comes to following Jesus. The disciples didn\u2019t ask details about the donkey they were to untie and to bring to Him. They had walked with Him long enough to believe that if He says something that doesn\u2019t make sense to them, they would still obey once He was the one commanding them. Let\u2019s follow in the steps of these disciples. If we walk in close communion with Jesus long enough, we will come to the point of trusting Him enough to obey Him all the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI don\u2019t always understand You Lord, but I choose to obey You. Please Lord, give my mind peace when reason wants to overtake faith. I believe, so I obey. Help my actions to be strictly connected to my faith and not my mind. In Jesus name, I pray. Amen.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Matthew 21:6 \u201cSo the disciples went and did as Jesus commanded them.\u201d To be honest, not everything that Jesus says seems to make sense; at least not in the immediate present. Some things are difficult to understand and comprehend, yet Jesus says they are the right things to do. For example, \u201clove your enemy\u201d does […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7384,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-reflections-from-matthew"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Reflections-from-Matthew.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4218"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4218\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4220,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4218\/revisions\/4220"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}