This Sunday is the traditional remembrance of Palm Sunday. One of the main words that we associate with this day is “Hosanna.” The word means, “Lord, save us now.” There is urgency to the word that we often overlook but it is important to remember what was actually being said that day when Jesus entered Jerusalem. It will also help you understand why some of the same people that cheered Him later booed Him. As it is today, so it was then, people regularly look over their root problems and focus on the symptoms. The Jewish people thought their main problem was Roman oppression and they wanted to be delivered. In reality, their main problem was their own hearts and their main need was repentance. It is easier to think about our living conditions than our heart condition. Being fully alive as a human being has a lot less to do with our circumstances and lot more to do with our ability to receive life from God. Looking for satisfaction and fulfillment in our work, our home, our car etc will always leave us “short.” Having a good job, a nice home and decent transportation is not wrong it just isn’t the purpose of life and living. It is very easy to have some contempt for the people along the parade route that day 2,000 years ago but if we’re honest with ourselves…we’re on the parade route too---at least we are every time we are looking for someone or something less than Him to “save us.” Of course, Jesus didn’t deliver what the crowd wanted. The people were disappointed and some were angry. And so begins the “passion week”, what have we learned?