Back to Contents In this Palm Sunday sermon, King declares, “You
can stand up amid despair. You can stand up amid persecution.
You can stand up amid disappointment. You can stand up even amid
death. But you don’t worry because you know God is with you. You
have made the transition. You have faced life's central test.”1
Vowing to replicate Jesus’ obedience to God’s will, King cries,
“Wherever He leads me, I will follow. I will follow Him to the
garden. I will follow Him to the cross if He wants me to go
there.” The following text is taken from an audio recording of
the service. There is hardly anyone here this morning who has
not at some time been pushed to the rugged edges of life. There
have been times that all of us felt that a cloud of despair had
come to blot out the joyous glitter of a distant star of hope.
So often we have been left standing amid the surging murmur of
life’s restless sea. We have been frustrated and disillusioned,
bewildered and on the brink of despair.2 There have been times
that we fe