Palm Sunday 

   “The crowds that preceded him and those that followed kept shouting:  ‘Hosanna to the Son of David!  Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!  Hosanna in the highest!’ (Matt 21: 9) 

   Welcomed into Jerusalem as the Son of David, the Messiah, less than a week later He would give up His life on the cross for the redemption of our sins.

   I’ve often wondered how many of those who welcomed Him with Hosannas on this day were among the crowd demanding His crucifixion on Good Friday.  If this event occurred today how many of us would welcome Him when it was popular to do so and reject Him and demand His death when political and social pressure came to bear.

   There are, always have been and always will be those who are “sunshine” Christians.  Those who put on a good show of sanctity and faith on Sundays yet live their life in the flesh for the remainder of the week.  When it is easy and convenient, their praise is loud and long, but when it becomes difficult and unpopular to give praise and glory to the Lord their faith shrinks into the background.

   As we travel this last week with Christ in preparation for the miracle of Easter Sunday we must look deep inside ourselves and ask, “Would I have welcomed Him with palms and Hosannas this day or would I have been among those who demanded His crucifixion on Good Friday?  Even worse, would I have shown my hypocrisy and cowardice by doing both?”