Can you see the fruit that your faith in the Lord expresses? It will move you to pour out your heart to God in prayer. It will cause you to think lightly of and not put your confidence in men. It will also create a heart that is open and eager to listen to and obey God's Word.

Finally, know and never doubt the sovereign authority of Christ over all things. Remember that much of the heresies the church had to deal with in history were Trinitarian heresies. Much of them focused on Christ, either denying His humanity, or denying His deity. Therefore, hear God the Father's words in Matthew 17 "This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Hear Him!", and truly listen to Him. Hear Jesus' declaration in Matthew 28 that all authority has been given to Him in Heaven and on earth, and then go and obey Him!

Do you have exclusive trust in your God and Savior? If you're honest, does your soul wait quietly for Him? Or are there other people or things on a list in your soul that your flesh would like to consider trusting first before Him? Think about this tonight- The value of your faith is determined by its object. Your faith is worthless if it isn't resting on the Lord Jesus Christ alone. Therefore, what do you need to do? Trust in Christ alone for your salvation!

Do you see the glorious flow and connection in Jesus' entry into Jerusalem, His cleansing the Temple and cursing the fig tree as wonderful revelation and acts of the King pronouncing His coming judgment of Israel and demonstrating His power to carry it out? Behold your King!

Are you often feeble and faint in the midst of the fight, in the dangers of the foe? May David's pleas be yours. May you plead from the bottom of your heart that God would hear you and lead you to the Rock that is Christ. May your plea be that Jesus would draw you to Himself- that you would know His presence, protection, and preservation of you in His love and grace.

Like David in Psalm 69, Jesus was opposed for being zealous for God and the purity of His worship. And yet, if God is your God, like Jesus, may it be your desire that His name may be glorified in spirit and truth in His church. May it also deeply grieve you to see her polluted by false worship and bad theology, and therefore move you to keep her pure through continual re-examination and action to remove what doesn't belong, all to the glory of your God and King!

Because of sin, you as God's people may experience His fatherly displeasure and be brought to a low condition. Yet, know your God and the truth that you are never, and will never be reduced to hopelessness because God is, and will always remain true to His promise to you in Christ. Now no chastening seems to be joyful for the present, but painful; nevertheless, afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it. As you know this more, may this not only take your prayers to praise, but also cause your rejoicing to be connected to confidence. May that confidence and hope then move you forward to get up and get busy with deeper discipleship, a stronger, enduring fight, as well as an enduring witness as you carry the banner of Christ and the church does valiantly through Him!

Do you see how Jesus' meek and lowly birth as King, is matched with His lowly entrance as King- all being done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of by the prophets? Do you have eyes to see and ears to hear that though meek and lowly, King Jesus' entrance was nonetheless glorious? For He courageously entered the nest of His enemies as He faithfully fulfilled all righteousness, step by step, all the way to the cross, where He would gain the victory for His people.