Pondering From the Pastor
Dear Friends at Lake
Eunice, praise the Lord, spring has sprung! I hear all the summer birds singing
in the trees, and not a day goes by that I don’t hear swans and geese cackling
as they fly over on their way to open water somewhere. And as I write this, I
think we might be only a few days from the lakes opening up with the promise of
70 degree days ahead, Hooray! Coming up, and it will already probably be Easter
Sunday when you read this, this is my favorite time of year, and the most
important Christian event of the church year, Resurrection Sunday, it is even
more important this year because we couldn’t have in-person services last year
for Palm Sunday, Good Friday or Easter.
As we think about Palm Sunday, when King Jesus rode into
Jerusalem on the foal of a donkey, fulfilling Zechariah 9:9 which says,
“Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O daughter of
Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you, He is just and endowed with
salvation. Humble and mounted on a donkey, even on a colt, the foal of a
donkey.” I have heard commentators say that if a king came in to a city on a
donkey, he came in peace, if he came on a white horse, he came to conquer. When
Jesus comes again, He will come on a white horse, not as the Lamb of God who
takes away the sins of the world, but as a conquering king to deal with evil.
We look forward to our community Good Friday service pm
April 2nd where we remember the tremendous sacrifice that Jesus made
on the cross for each of us. It is extremely humbling to think that this isn’t
something that just happened to Him, it was orchestrated and planned by God the
father and the Son before the foundation of the world as mentioned in Rev.
13:8. A rescue plan was already in place even before the world was created.
God sees history like an open book, He knows every event in human history from
start to finish, nothing surprises Him. Jesus’ death wasn’t the result of a
successful plot by the Jews to put Him to death because they didn’t like what
He said about them, Jesus planned and orchestrated every event from who would
be His betrayer, what time in history that he would come, what manner of death
He would endure. Every major player in the crucifixion was planned by Him.
All
of us would have been dragged to the cross kicking and screaming, Jesus
willingly offered His life for each of us. He walked willingly to the cross to
offer Himself as full payment for our sins. So then, what is your response to
His offer of salvation which is freely given to you at a tremendous price to
Him? Do you accept it and receive the forgiveness for your sins, or do you
reject it and risk eternal judgment? He leaves the choice up to you, just know
that nothing more can be or needs to be done for your salvation. It is paid in
full! Pastor Dale
