"I haven't got a thing to wear!" If you own a teen daughter, you've heard it! If you own a teen son--forget it...fun's more important! AND fun it was for the crowd who watched the Emperor parade down the street in HIS new clothing, which really was nothing--the poor guy hadn't a stitch on, but thought he was clothed with garments of royal fare!
You remember the fairy tale...and you're reminded of it every time you look in YOUR closet...not a thing to wear! NOT your REAL closet--no, your Prayer 'n Praise closet! For you see, it's Palm Sunday - and YOU have nothing to wear! OR do you? Check again....the only garment you own you've got on right now, and it's a cloak of heaviness....that will not do for a Palm Sunday Praise Gathering! What to do??
Cast it off...take it to a consignment shop; no, no one else needs it either! Throw it off--exchange it for a garment of praise! For "This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad...! (Psalm 118:24 KJV)." The happening today is not heaviness--it's holy praise to the King of kings and Lord of lords. Hear the crowds as they proclaim, "Hosanna in the Highest; Hosanna to the King!"
The King comes down your pathway today too. Won't you lay down that heavy garment at His feet as He passes by. Let Him give you a garment of praise instead...praise in the midst of your circumstances, praise in the crisis, praise in the pit...Paul and Silas praised Him in the prison--and so can we!
It's Palm Sunday--put on the garment of praise! Hosanna! The Lord reigns, King over all...and King of our lives. He alone is worthy of all worship and praise--and that we do, today and every day. Worship Him, crown Him Lord of your life, wear that garment of praise with joy--He reigns in His world--and all is well!
Not a thing to wear? I don't believe it! Go put on that garment of praise, get ready to praise the Lord--and you're going to have a great day!
Copyright 2003 by Peggie C. Bohanon, Springfield, MO. All rights reserved.
Delight in a Word from the Well--a refreshing in the Water of His Word
Scripture: Matthew 21:1-11--Jesus Rides Into Jerusalem
"To appoint unto those who mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness, that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, and he might be glorified (Isaiah 61:3)."
Draw from the Well--a prayer for renewing strength for this day
Prayer: "Lord, I've got a heavy heart--praise does not come easy these days. I lay it down, Lord--and I take, by faith, the garment of praise. I choose to praise Your Name in the middle of the mess, to proclaim your Lordship in my life, whatever is going on. I will praise You with my whole heart, In Your Name, Amen."
