Matthew 21:5 · World English Bible
Matthew 21:5 Meaning Tell the Daughter of Zion
“Tell the daughter of Zion, behold, your King comes to you, humble, and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.”
What does Matthew 21:5 mean?
The King arrives, and he comes meek, seated on a donkey rather than a war horse. Unlike this is to everything the world calls power.
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The King arrives, and he comes meek, seated on a donkey rather than a war horse. Unlike this is to everything the world calls power. The ego announces itself with display, with force and grandeur, because it is always trying to prove that it is something. True presence has nothing to prove.
Meekness here is not weakness. It is the quiet strength of one in whom the grasping, self-important self has fallen away, so that Being moves through him unobstructed. The greatest power enters the world softly, without the noise of ego, because it no longer needs to defend a separate self. That is why the King comes lowly, and why we so often fail to recognize him.
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Live Matthew 21:5 today
- Do one good thing today that nobody will know about, and leave it off your feed and out of conversation. Let it be enough that it happened.
- In the next disagreement, drop the part of your point that was only there to win. Say the plain version and let the other person keep their dignity.
- When you are the most experienced person in the room, speak last and briefly. Ask a real question before you give your answer.
Where are you still working to prove you are something, and what would you do differently if you had nothing to prove?
The same truth in other traditions
Tao Te Ching 8
Water takes the low place and gives way to everything, and that is why nothing outlasts it. Softness wears down what is hard.
Taoism · Tao Te Ching 22
The one who does not show off is seen clearly. Leave off self-display and your real strength stops being hidden by the noise.
Stoicism · Marcus Aurelius
Be good without announcing it. The person who has to prove their worth is still unsure of it.
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