The Day of Great Expectations

Everyone wants a hero. We build them up, hand them a script, and then feel let down when they go off course.

Jerusalem did the same thing to Jesus. The crowds cheered him into the city expecting a warrior. A political fix. Someone to overthrow Rome and put things right.

He rode in on a donkey.

This week we look at Mark 11:1-11 and ask a harder question: what if your disappointment with God says more about your expectations than his character? Jesus didn't fail the crowd. He refused to be who they invented.

The same thing is still happening today.