It’s really easy to cry out to God for help when you’re in distress; but have you ever imagined yourself crying out to God when you’re not in a bind? Seriously, when was the last time you or I got on our face to beg God in prayer to come save us when we didn’t need saving? I mean, sure we pray on our commutes to and from work asking God to provide commuting mercies so we can travel in relative peace and not next to the smelly, crazy woman. But really, do we worship God or give Him any real praise as part of our regular, no problems lives? And the crowds that went before him and that followed him were shouting, “Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!” -Matthew 21:9 “Hosanna” is not just a word used in praise songs on Sunday mornings. The word actually means “worship and praise,” it also means “save us, I pray.” I tell you this because the word loses meaning for us in the deluge of Christianese we use to pretend everything is okay. More than that, we miss out on the power and situations God gives is through language to initiate life change. Very simply, I am saying that we can cry to God in both reverent worship and longing salvation and we don’t use it nearly enough even though God wants us to do so. We are His children, saved and brought to Him by the blood of our Savior and His son Jesus. The implication of praying Hosanna in our daily lives is two fold: first, it postures our attitudes toward a humility before God in shouting worship and praise to our sustainer; and secondly, we ask God to save us from things we see and don’t see as the temptations looking to ruin our lives in the everyday. We need to be following Jesus in our daily lives anyways. We might as well follow him by saying: “save me because I worship you as the Lord of my life.” Praying “Hosanna” every single day is not quite like eating an apple to keep a doctor away; however, praying “Hosanna” everyday keeps our lives in perspective. It fully understands our position in life and at the same time asks for more. It causes us to follow Jesus harder and worship louder. Because we know that we all can use more voice to worship God and drown out the noise of life; and also because our lukewarm faith as convenience, doesn’t taste like what we imagined ourselves wanting. Therefore, I challenge you to pray “Hosanna” everyday.