The Lord Needs You

Mark 11:1-10 (NLT) 11:1 As Jesus and his disciples approached Jerusalem, they came to the towns of Bethphage and Bethany on the Mount of Olives. Jesus sent two of them on ahead. 2 “Go into that village over there,” he told them. “As soon as you enter it, you will see a young donkey tied there that no one has ever ridden. Untie it and bring it here. 3 If anyone asks, ‘What are you doing?’ just say, ‘The Lord needs it and will return it soon.’” 4 The two disciples left and found the colt standing in the street, tied outside the front door. 5 As they were untying it, some bystanders demanded, “What are you doing, untying that colt?” 6 They said what Jesus had told them to say, and they were permitted to take it. 7 Then they brought the colt to Jesus and threw their garments over it, and he sat on it. 8 Many in the crowd spread their garments on the road ahead of him, and others spread leafy branches they had cut in the fields. 9 Jesus was in the center of the procession, and the people all around him were shouting, “Praise God! Blessings on the one who comes in the name of the LORD! 10 Blessings on the coming Kingdom of our ancestor David! Praise God in highest heaven!”

I was struck by the phrase – “The Lord needs it.” Here is a “lowly” donkey that is owned by and “unnamed person” that the Lord needs for the work that He was doing. I wonder how many people feel that they don’t have anything to offer – that they are some obscure person without any talent to offer the Lord. We know nothing about the owner and we know nothing about the donkey. Yet, God used both for furthering his kingdom. Are you willing to use what you have? Are you willing to make available your gift to the Lord whether large or small? When Jesus was preaching on the Sea of Galilee the crowds we’re so big that He needed to preach from a boat. One was provided to him and He preached from it. When the crowds we’re hungry He used the lunch from a little boy to multiply it. You might think that you are not the most gifted person in life but consider this: a little in the hands of the Lord is a lot. Give what you have to God and watch how He uses it. You will be SO blessed if you do this.