If you know anything about starting colts, you know there is some work involved. There are not too many operations left that just climb on and let ‘em buck. As much fun as that was in my younger years, it turns out it was hard on me and hard on the horses. A more sensible method has a person doing some ground work to prepare the horse for this big ol’ predator to crawl up on its back.
The groundwork now-a-days, at least for me, involves some
desensitization (probably not as much as I should, my mind thinks I’m still 20
something….my body calls my mind a fool), driving, more desensitization….my
point is this: There are several days of
groundwork before a person should crawl up on a colt.
Young men are another story entirely and it usually involves
being bulletproof and rubbery to the point of bouncing when they hit the
ground. But eventually all young men
grow up and start doing some sort groundwork on their colts.
God pointed this out to me a couple of years ago one Sunday
morning in Mark 11:1-10
As they approached Jerusalem and
came to Bethpage and Bethany at the Mound of Olives, Jesus sent two of his disciples,
saying to them, “Go to the village ahead of you, and just as you enter it, you
will find a colt tied there, which no one has ever ridden. Untie it and bring it here. If anyone asks you, “Why are you doing this?”
tell him, “The Lord needs it and will send it back here shortly”.
They went and found a colt outside
in the street, tied at a doorway. As they
untied it, some people stand there asked, “What are you doing, untying that
colt?” They answered as Jesus had told
them to, and the people let them go. When
they brought the colt to Jesus and threw their cloaks over it, he sat on
it. Many people spread their cloaks on
the road, while others spread branches they had cut in the fields. Those who went ahead and those who followed
shouted,
“Hosanna”
“Blessed is He who comes in the name
of the Lord”
“Blessed is the coming kingdom of
our father David”
“Hosanna in the highest!”
The first thing I noticed was that God’s plan was so perfect, that the
only question asked was “what are you doing, untying that colt?” The (at the time) good people of Jerusalem
just took the disciples response, “The Lord needs it and will send it back here
shortly.” And basically said “ok, no
biggy”.
What did they disciples do next?
Why they took their coat and just flung
them over that colt’s back! I haven’t
yet had a colt I could do that on the first day! Then Jesus
climbed up and sat down! Again, not
a cowboy out there, that I know, has been able to do that! Mr. Bronc-y Colt never made a bauble as Jesus
commenced to ride him down the road. First ride, first day, people! First day, first ride! Does not happen at training centers or
ranches! On top of all of this the (at
the time) good people of Jerusalem were throwing their coats and tree branches,
in the road in front of Mr. Bronc-y Colt.
All the time they were shouting and carrying on:
“Hosanna”
“Blessed is He who comes in the name
of the Lord”
“Blessed is the coming kingdom of
our father David”
“Hosanna in the highest!”
All the colts I know would have been pitching like crazy, scared out of
their minds!
That my friends is a miracle of Jesus!
Who takes an unbroken colt, steps on and rides him down the road with
people throwing coats and branches on the ground in front of the colt?
The answer is pretty simple. MY
GOD! MY KING! JESUS CHRIST!
He died and became our sins! Paid
the price for me! Doesn’t get much
better than that! I pray that if you don’t
know Christ as your Savior today, you will accept this free gift. He paid the debt we owed because we owed a
debt we could not pay!
Praise JESUS!
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