Genesis 49:11 says, “Binding his foal to the vine, / And his donkey’s colt to the choice vine.” We all must bind our donkey to the vine. I hope that this saying will become a proverb among us....When the Lord Jesus entered Jerusalem shortly before His crucifixion, He also rode upon a donkey (Matt. 21:5). According to the Bible, a donkey is always used for traveling toward a goal. To tie a donkey to something indicates that the journey is over, that you have arrived at your destination, and that you have reached your goal. To bind a donkey is not a negative thing. Any donkey would be happy to be bound to a vine. A donkey’s labor is to travel to a certain destination with a certain goal....Without one exception, all Christians are also journeying, striving, and laboring donkeys....Our destination is the vine, the living Christ who is full of life. We must bind our donkey to this vine. This means that we must cease our labor and our striving and rest in Christ, the living One....It is through His victory that He can be the vine. (Life-study of Genesis, pp. 1279-1284)
Posted on: Wed, 05 Nov 2014 23:34:00 +0000
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