Sunday, March 28: A Donkey’s Work
March 28th, 2010 :: 1am
Posted in Devotions, by Jane Dixon
“See, your king comes to you, righteous and having salvation, gentle and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.” Zechariah 9:9
Last Palm Sunday, I will never forget Pastor Gene’s “eeee-awww” as he explained that sometimes in doing the work of God, you are called to either go and get the donkey that Jesus eventually rode into Jerusalem or sometimes you are the donkey.
For the last few years, I have had on my heart the desire to give back to the church. The Saturday before Easter, God decided to answer my unspoken prayer.
After the Good Friday service, Bobby and I were approached to help with some planting on Saturday morning so that the church would look nice for Easter Sunday. Having nothing to do Saturday morning, we agreed to help.
Saturday morning came with a lot of cold rain. Coming from the desert, I am hyper vigilant in my approach to rain since my dislike of being wet is matched only by cats. Yet inexplicably, I arrived at the church prepared to plant but not for the rain. Despite the rain, everyone decides to start planting.
Three hours later, I am soaked through and my fingers are caked in mud and frozen. I have encountered all manner of insect and worms that I would prefer to never see again. As the wind keeps blowing in the rain making it colder, Philippians 2:13-15 pops into my head, “do all things without complaint…” At this point in my misery, Bobby turns to me, dripping, and says, “we’re the donkeys.” I started laughing so hard, I’m sure God heard me in heaven. In the end, the plants were planted and my prayer was answered, not in the way I would have liked, but it was answered greater than I could have imagined because now I can stand in front of the church, point at some of the plants out there and say, “I planted that”.
Father, I know You answer even our unspoken prayers. In our walk with You Lord, please help us to surrender our will to You and gladly do Your work without complaining or arguing so that we can shine like stars in the universe.
Jessica Rodriguez
