power...prepare...following?

"The disciples went and did as Jesus had instructed them."  (Matthew 21:6)

How did you do with your Lenten discipline?  Were you able to "finish" it?  Did you do it everyday?  Were you able to feel God's presence while you were working on it?  Did you share what you were learning or when you DID feel God's presence with you?  Did it feel like you were "following" where God was (is?) leading?

The readings today are about following where God is leading.  Isaiah is reminding all of us how God IS with us AND God was (is) with Christ as Jesus faced his accusers. (Isaiah 50:7)  In Ephesians we see Paul's prayer for all of us to feel the "power through his Spirit in your inner being,". (Ephesians 3:16)  The Gospel reading is telling us about Jesus' triumphant entry into Jerusalem but it starts with the "disciples went and did as Jesus instructed them." (Matthew 21:6)  Going, doing what Jesus had told them to do.  Jesus is preparing them and us to follow, DO what he is asking us to do.

So....  Are we?  Are we preparing to follow where God is leading as we celebrate Palm Sunday?  As we prepare for the Easter celebration?  Like Paul I am praying we are filled with the "power through his Spirit" so we can do "as Jesus instructed."  Something to think about....