It is easy to be a Christian on Palm Sunday, to be one of the multitude waving palms and shouting hosannas. It is easier still a week later. Look around the church on Easter, the crowds are always larger for Easter. It is easy to be a Christian on the day Jesus rose from the dead, the day He claimed victory over death. Those days it is easy,but there are other days.
As easy as it is to be a Christian on Easter, it is difficult to be one on Good Friday. Good Friday crowds are small. Good Friday points out our weaknesses. Good Friday is when we find out what God desires from us. Good Friday is the day we find ourselves once again joining the crowd yelling to Jesus, only this time yelling for His blood. Good Friday is the day we learn that all God wants is to hear us say, "Not my will but Thine."
As you are joining the crowd on Palm Sunday, remember what the crowd will be doing on Friday. As you rejoice with the disciples on Easter morning, remember that God wants us to lay aside our will for His. Our churches are full of Christians when it is easy, but God is looking for those who will stand up when it is hard and say, "... yet not my will but Thine be done."
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