Mar 28, 2021 … From the Mouths of Babes …

Berry Patch Devotions in 2021 - Day 87 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...  Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from a chorus of children singing… Jesus Loves the Little Ones…  poignantly singing of how we should love Jesus as He loves us like the little ones.  

The little ones recognized their Messiah ... 

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Highlight Passage:  Matthew 21:15 [ESV] ... 

15 But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying out in the temple, <b>“Hosanna to the Son of David!”</b> they were indignant, 

… Even the children could recognize and praise their Messiah.    

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Highlight Passage [Context]: …  Matthew 21:12-17  [ESV] …  USE THIS LINK … 

… After Jesus cleansed the Temple on that first Palm Sunday, the children were declaring Him to be the Son of God.      

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Reference Passage: … Psalms 8:2 [ESV] …  

2  Out of the mouth of babies and infants, You have established strength because of Your foes, to still the enemy and the avenger.

…  The Psalmist acknowledges that even the children can recognize the greatness of the Lord. 

Reference Passage: … Proverbs 3:5-6 [ESV] …  USE THIS LINK …  

…  God shows the way, HIS WAY, only for those who trust in Him.

Reference Passage: … Isaiah 26:3 [ESV] …  

3 You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You.

…  God, thru Isaiah, declares that focusing on the Lord is the way to find God’s peace.  

Reference Passage: … Luke 9:23 [ESV] …  

23 And He said to all, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. … 

…  Jesus tells His followers (and us) what it takes to be His disciples.  

My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Alyson Kieda, AT THIS LINK …  tells of the innocent joy expressed by her 3YO granddaughter, as the little one danced for joy at the beginning of their family holiday.  

And the ODB author then made reference to how little children, at the time Jesus had cleansed the Temple, recognized and acknowledged Jesus as the “Son of David” (I.e., as The Messiah - see highlight passage).  And yet, the religious leaders of the day could not. 

And here on this Palm Sunday, do we, who declare ourselves to be “Christians,” know at least as much as the little children who so readily flocked to Jesus in His day?   Do we recognize Jesus as our Messiah?  Do we follow Him and surrender to His Lordship like the little ones did in His day?   I pray we do!  

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh Abba Father, ... thank You, King Jesus, … for showing Your way for Your children to follow.   

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, … to follow our Lord as a child of faith would today … and tomorrow.  … Amen

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