Luke 22:39-45
Jesus went out as usual to the Mount of Olives, and his disciples followed him. On reaching the place,
he said to them, “Pray
that you will not fall into temptation.” He withdrew about a
stone’s throw beyond them, knelt downand prayed, “Father,
if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be
done.” An
angel from heaven appeared to him and strengthened him. And being in anguish,
he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the
ground.
When
he rose from prayer and went back to the disciples, he found them asleep,
exhausted from sorrow. “Why
are you sleeping?” he
asked them.“Get
up and pray so that you will not fall into temptation.”
Being exhausted from sorrow
is certainly something that I can relate to.
I’m sure though that the disciples had a lot more on their shoulders at
that time. They were about to watch
Jesus be arrested afterall. He had
already told them of what was about to come and here he was just asking them to
asking them to pray that they would not fall into temptation.
I would have to admit that
I have fallen asleep while praying. I’m
not sure if the situation with the disciples was a matter of falling asleep
while praying or simply falling asleep but either way, we slip into temptation.
Today I want to encourage
you to think about what temptation you face that you need to pray you will not
slip into.
On a funny note, yesterday
at church, our 2 ½ year old wanted to sit in church with us and during prayers,
I had my eyes closed and all of a sudden he yelled out, “Daddy, Mommy’s
sleeping in church.” It was so hard not
to bust out laughing.
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