This Sunday is Palm Sunday. The journey into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday was one of high expectation. Everyone had their view of what Jesus’ coming meant. That entry had implications for everyone… yet not in a way any of them expected.

⁸ Many people spread out their clothes on the road while others spread branches cut from the fields. ⁹ Those in front of him and those following were shouting, “Hosanna! Blessings on the one who comes in the name of the Lord! ¹⁰Blessings on the coming kingdom of our ancestor David! Hosanna in the highest!” (Mark 11:8-9, CEB)

The crowd had the expectation of Jesus saving them now.

“Save us in the way WE want to be saved!”

Jesus always exceeds our own expectations. Our problem may be is that we don’t see him doing that… or we don’t like his way of saving us.

We anticipate his coming again. We should live in expectation. But our eyes need to be on him, not our set of rules and predictions.