Blaine Rogers @Mark 11:12-14; 20-21 Day 1 As Jesus and His men travel from Bethany back into Jerusalem, the Lord Jesus becomes hungry. When Jesus rode into Jerusalem on the back of that little donkey, the Bible said, of that donkey, “the Lord hath need of him,” Mark 11:3. How could the Lord ever need anything? After all, He is God. He is the Creator. He is the Lord of Glory. Yet, when Jesus was born in to this world, He laid aside His heavenly glory for a time to live in this world as a man. The One Who made all things became dependent upon the things He had made. The paradox of the earthly life of the Lord Jesus Christ, is summed up in the words of Paul used in 2 Corinthians 8:9, “For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.” The Creator became a helpless infant, dependent upon His mother for everything. He owned all things, yet He possessed nothing. He created the stars, yet He had nowhere to lay His Own head, Matthew 8:20. He fashioned everything there is out of nothing, yet He had to borrow a boat from which to preach His Gospel. He created every drop of water that exists in the world, yet He cried “I thirst” as He was dying on the cross, John 19:28. He created every tree, but He died on a borrowed cross. He created every rock, but He had to borrow a tomb in which to be buried. He used the clouds as His chariots, Psalm 104:3, yet He had to borrow a donkey on which to ride. He endured all that He did, so that He might identify with us. He did everything He did so that He might go to the cross and die for His people, 2 Corinthians 5:21. He did all that He did so that He could experience life from our perspective and extend compassion and help to His people, Hebrews 4:15-16. How does this help you to approach Him?