Have you ever thought deeply about the fact Jesus knew what awaited him yet he resolutely went to Jerusalem.
In today's gospel this is what we hear. We also hear how he was meeting much opposition and did so on the rest of the way to Jerusalem. As a matter of fact, the opposition got worse as he got closer to Calvary.
I've thought about what drove him to resolutely do this, to be so determined and the answer is he was able to do so out of total love and obedience of the Father and love for each one of us. Each one before him, those that lived at that time, and every person that would ever live! That's breath taking when you actually think of it in this way!
So it brought me to ponder these questions, do I love the Father so much that I resolutely go forward in each day, meeting oppositions with love and out of love? Am I willing to accept the trials of each day knowing my Father allows them for the purpose he desires to do through me and for me for his greater honor and glory? Am I will do go to the extreme for another person if asked? Do I get angry with my situation and blame others or even God? What is God doing in my life right now that I may be hindering because I am not determined to let his will be done in, with, and through me and why?
May we each resolutely meet oppositions with our focus soley for the love of our Father and our God, out of obedience, knowing he is always in it with us and that it is for his greater honor and glory!
