To My Grandson on his Middle School Graduation
Dear Brent,
This morning I was reading, “Ye shall find a colt tied whereon never man sat; loose him, and bring him ... and they went their way, and found the colt tied in a place where two ways met ... and they brought the colt to Jesus ... and He sat upon him” (Mark 11:1-71And when they came nigh to Jerusalem, unto Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount of Olives, he sendeth forth two of his disciples, 2And saith unto them, Go your way into the village over against you: and as soon as ye be entered into it, ye shall find a colt tied, whereon never man sat; loose him, and bring him. 3And if any man say unto you, Why do ye this? say ye that the Lord hath need of him; and straightway he will send him hither. 4And they went their way, and found the colt tied by the door without in a place where two ways met; and they loose him. 5And certain of them that stood there said unto them, What do ye, loosing the colt? 6And they said unto them even as Jesus had commanded: and they let them go. 7And they brought the colt to Jesus, and cast their garments on him; and he sat upon him. (Mark 11:1‑7)).
You, Brent, are like that little “colt.” You are now in a place where two ways meet. You have choices before you now as you enter High School. No man will sit upon you each moment of the day. In a sense you will be “loosed” from a “tether” that has bound you. But there was a special place for that little colt. The Scripture says, “The Lord hath need of him.” Brent, the Lord needs you to walk before Him. No other colt in the whole world was chosen to carry the Lord Jesus into Jerusalem, where the children shouted, “Hosanna; Blessed is He that cometh in the name of the Lord.” Certainly that colt, if animals are capable of feeling such a thing, felt “special.” But his “specialness” came because the Lord chose to use him. You are “special,” Brent, and the world will tell you that you are special. And the world will take you and use you and give you a little bit of glory until it has used you up. Then they will cast you aside and look for someone else to use. But this colt became enduringly “special” because the Lord had need of him. No one that day was really concerned about the colt. They were all looking at the Lord Jesus. They didn’t notice the colt; and in this life, if you do things for the Lord Jesus — I mean really do it for the Lord, and not for your own personal glory — no one will notice. Certainly the people that you don’t know or don’t care about will not notice, but sometimes the people that you do care about won’t notice either. But the Lord notices. Why do you think that over thirty verses in three gospels of the divinely inspired Word of God are devoted to this story about the colt and the Lord’s entry into Jerusalem? Yes, He notices, and He put this story here to show you the He “hath need” of you.
Much love,
Grandma