The colt

Luke 19:28-36

I was driving in to work this morning and listening to my usual radio station. Every morning around 7:27, a Beth Moore recording always plays and I love her messages. Today’s was on the scripture above plus a few more verses, but I clung on to the ones I listed. At first it was a message that I was thinking, “this is for Easter time” but as soon as she was done reading my heart new what God was trying to tell me.

The owners were asked to untie and give up their colt, the one who had never been ridden, the one who was pure and new and gentle and perfect for Jesus. They did not hesitate. They did not protest. They even threw their cloaks on the colt and gave it to Jesus.

This is when the tears started. God was reminding me that He asked for my “colt”. My pure, innocent, baby boy who Jesus needed more than I did.

I’ve written before about the sacrifice parents need to make when allowing the Lord to have their children. We may birth them and raise them but they ultimately belong to Jesus.

He is reminding me on the eve of Jax’s “going home” anniversary that Jax was needed and wanted by the Lord to go home before we would have liked but it’s what we had to be able to give away.

We have learned so much this year about loss, love, faith, hope, and patience. God is still teaching us many lessons and many I sadly fight still.

Every one of us is asked to give up a “colt”; whether that is our pride, our money, our materials, our family, our sin. Just as the owners of the colt gave their possession away, God will use yours for good and ultimately a bigger purpose.