Our lives can look very full. All this activity, all this green foliage. And yet the thing that matters most is simply not there. In this week's message from Mark 11, Pastor Rob Hamby gets honest about the ways we organize our lives around ourselves, and what Jesus does when he walks up close and sees it.

This message is part of our ongoing Gospel of Mark series at Point Hope Presbyterian.

In this week’s sermon from Mark 11:1–11, we looked at the moment Jesus enters Jerusalem and is welcomed as king, yet not in the way people expected. The crowd celebrates, but beneath it is a deeper tension as they project their own hopes onto him. It was a reminder of how often I do the same. Jesus does not conform to what we want. He reveals who he truly is, and there is both honesty and hope in that.

This week, we see two responses to the same question from Jesus. One asks from a place of control. The other asks from a place of need.

There’s a moment in the passage where the ones closest to Him believe they understand what they need most. At the same time, a man on the roadside, with nothing to offer, simply asks for mercy. The difference is not proximity. It is awareness.

In Gospel of Mark 10, Jesus meets both, but mercy meets the one who knows he cannot fix himself.

There is space here to be honest about what we carry. If you are searching, you are welcome.