TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS

 It's Monday and the parade is over--does Jesus sit around and reminisce about the glory of that triumphant entry to Jerusalem?  NO--we find Him going about the urgent business of the day.  Friday is coming and He knows where this is all headed.  He does not sit back and enjoy the glow but instead is busy with the  last minute important business.  We find in the scriptures these activities

CLEANING OUT THE RIFF RAFF FROM THE TEMPLE WHILE TURNING OVER TABLES

HEALING THE BLIND AND THE LAME

SET THE CHIEF PRIESTS AND SCRIBES STRAIGHT

LEFT THE CITY AND STAYED IN BETHANY

Jesus was busy with His ministry.  In my mind, He had to get out of town to be able to rest and recharge for what was coming.  AND, though the scriptures do not state this, He communicated with His Father.  

The point---while there is business to be taken care of--we should be busy- as long as possible taking care of business.  I have heard, so many times, I have done my part and now it's up to the next generation.  NOWHERE in the Scripture are we told we get a pass from God's work at a certain age.  There is no retirement clause, no golden parachute for a job well done, no indication it is okay to sit back and relax.

Yes--I am retired from my career, but my life long pursuit of the Lord will not be over until my final breath.  Our lives are a living testimony to our faith--until we leave this terrestrial ball OR are physically unable.  Even in our infirmities---we are a testament of God's faithfulness.  It is NOT over---until it is over---then you rest!

"And Jesus entered the temple 

and drove out all who sold and bought in the temple,

and He overturned the tables of the money-changers

and the seats of those who sold pigeons.

He said to them,

"It is written, 'My House shall be called a house of prayer'

but you make it a den of robbers.' "

And the blind and lame came to him in the temple,

and he healed them.

But when the chief priests and the scribes saw

the wonderful things that he did,

and the children crying out in the temple,

"Hosanna to the Son of David!"

they were indignant,

and they said to Him,

"Do you hear what these are saying?" 

And Jesus said,

"Yes; have you never read,

'Out of the mouths of infants and nursing babies

you have prepared praise?' "

And leaving them,

he went out of the city to Bethany

and lodged there."

Matthew 21:12-17