Holy Week - A Quote to Consider

I came across this quote in Christianity Today, and thought that it might be very beneficial in your holy week preparation.

Passion is a kind of waiting - waiting for what other people are going to do. Jesus went to Jerusalem to announce the good news to the people of that city. And Jesus knew that he was going to put a choice before them: Will you be my disciple, or will you be my executioner? There is no middle ground here. Jesus went to Jerusalem to put people in a situation where they had to say "Yes" or "No." That is the great drama of Jesus' passion: he had to wait upon how people were going to respond. How would they come? To betray him or to follow him? In a way, his agony is not simply the agony of approaching death. It is also the agony of having to wait.

- Henri J. M. Nouwen
"Action to Passion"

from A Spirituality of Waiting: Being Alert to Gods Presence in Our Lives

As we consider the change in the crowds from Palm Sunday's cheers of "Hosanna!" to Good Friday's jeers of "Crucify Him!" we realize that every person must make a choice of which crowd they wish to be a part of. The situation is so polarized that everyone in Jerusalem must make a choice--they must align themselves with Jesus, or against Him.

How about you? Will you be His disciple? Or His executioner? Will you follow Him to the death? Or will you lead Him to His death? Will you abandon the world to follow Him? Or will you deny Him in order to maintain your comfort and security?

Grace and Peace,

PastorJon