How often do we listen to the crowd instead of believing what Jesus has taught us? It is so easy to go along with the voices we hear from people who very probably don’t care about us and who will tear us down at the first opportunity. Only God wants the best for us and we so often miss a blessing because we are listening to other people.
There was once a little frog that was in a contest to see which of many little frogs could be the first to climb up a tall tower and reach the top. Crowds gathered as the frogs started to climb and soon voices were heard saying, “You’ll never do it!” “It’s too hard!” “You’re too small!” And, sure enough, one by one the little frogs began to fall until finally only the one little frog remained in the contest. He continued to climb until he reached the very top! When he came down everyone was amazed and asking him how he did it. When he didn’t reply his friend turned to the crowd and said, “He can’t hear you.” “He is deaf.”
On the Sunday before Jesus was nailed to the cross, he experienced a triumphal entry into Jerusalem. Everyone was shouting “Hosanna!” “Hosanna!” and placing palm branches on the road for his colt to walk on to bring him into Jerusalem. The crowds were so excited! Then on Friday many of those same people were shouting “Crucify him.” “Crucify him.” What had changed? Only the words from the voices differed. The people were going along with whatever the majority of loud mouths shouted.
So, will we listen to the shouts or will we listen to God?
Written by Brenda Whicker
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