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Friday, January 11, 2013

"Jesus Command: Watch and Pray"

 Matthew 26:40: Then he came to the disciples and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, What! Could you not watch with Me one hour? Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation. The spirit iindeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
The disciples failed to watch with him in the hour of His soul's distress. Our Lord was as truly Man as He was God, and as Man He craved human sympathy and understanding. He looked for some to take pity on Him. His dearest disciples failed Him, thus adding to His grief.
Let us challenge our own hearts as to how far we have entered into the fellowship of Christ's suffering. Are we able to watch and pray in this time of His rejection by a godless world? No man will be able to stand in the moment of severe temptation who has been slothful instead of watchful, and indolent instead of prayerful. If only we realize that prayerlessness is as truly sin against God as cursing or swearing, because it is positive disobedience to His Word. If we understood that, would we not be more alert to use the opportunities He gives to draw from heaven needed grace for testing times?
Jesus commanded the disciples to watch and pray, because He knew how dark the hour was. That command goes to us today. Let us be found watching in prayer.

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