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Sunday morning, I planned to worship with the Northside Church of Christ in Wichita, KS. They are the church that coordinated the Women Walking With God Conference at which Iron Rose Sister Ministries had a booth this past weekend. They also sponsor my good friend and missionary, Jonathan Hanegan in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

However, the weather had other plans. A winter storm in April was coming. High winds and snow across west Kansas and eastern Colorado promised to create challenging road conditions and unsafe driving if I waited to leave until after church.

I was disappointed to not have the opportunity to worship with my brothers and sisters in Wichita, but wisdom prevailed and I hit the road, arriving safely in Denver in time to meet with the house church group here in Brighton.

Part way down the road, feeling sleepy and wondering if I would’ve been able to stay for worship, I stopped for gas and found a local Christian radio station. I don’t remember any of the specific songs that came on the radio, but I will never forget the moment and spirit of worship and communion with God driving across I-70.

Transformational Tuesday reminds me of the transformational worship I experienced on Sunday. May you also experience a moment of transformational worship this week.

Yesterday was Palm Sunday.  Our house church group read Luke 19:29-40 and Zechariah 9:9-17 in celebration of that day.  As we were reading Luke 19, I was amazed to see the simplicity of obedience in verse 34.  Take a look at verses 29-34 below:

29 As he approached Bethphage and Bethany at the hill called the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples, saying to them, 30 “Go to the village ahead of you, and as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, which no one has ever ridden. Untie it and bring it here. 31 If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ say, ‘The Lord needs it.’”

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32 Those who were sent ahead went and found it just as he had told them. 33 As they were untying the colt, its owners asked them, “Why are you untying the colt?”

34 They replied, “The Lord needs it.”

Jesus prepared them with an answer: “Just say the Lord needs it.”  That was it.  Simple as that.

How many times do we over-complicate what Jesus has called us to do?

Just as the people welcomed the Messiah entering into Jerusalem, may we welcome the Messiah as Lord of our lives, trusting the simplicity of the answers with which He has prepared us.