On Palm Sunday, the crowd welcomed Jesus with praise, celebration, and huge expectations. They believed they knew exactly what kind of king He would be and what He had come to do. But Jesus was doing something deeper than they could see. This message looks at the gap between what people expected from God and what God was actually doing. It’s a gap that still feels familiar. Sometimes disappointment doesn’t come because faith disappears, but because life stops looking like what had been hoped for. And in those moments, the question becomes whether trust can remain when expectations go unmet. Palm Sunday reminds us that Jesus is still worthy of praise, even when His work doesn’t unfold the way it was imagined. And it reminds us that God is often doing something bigger, deeper, and better than can be seen in the moment.