Matthew 26:38-39 (NKJV)
38 Then He said to them, “My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Stay here and watch with Me.” 39 He went a little farther and fell on His face, and prayed, saying, “O My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as You will.”
Reflections:
The disciples had just come from the last supper with Jesus’ words, “Take eat, this is my body” and “This is my blood” still ringing in their ears. Peter, James and John found themselves in the Garden of Gethsemane being asked by Jesus to, “Wait and watch with me.” They fell asleep.
Jesus went off a short distance to pray for he was exceedingly sorrowful as he knew his time had come to die. A painful emotional struggle ensued as Jesus wept his heart out. He was alone and the weight of the whole world literally loomed over him until blood seeped from his very pores.
Perhaps many of us have also agonized before God and wept tears in an attempt to avert what we know must come to pass as it relates to a known call of God on our lives. Or perhaps there is something else we know we are being asked of God to do, but don’t want to go through the pain of doing so.
It is at this point we must choose death to self for didn’t we also eat His flesh and drink His blood and enter into oneness with Him? It’s at times like this we mustn’t fall asleep in the garden. Our decision must be as Jesus’, “Nevertheless, not as I will, but as You will.”
You might be thinking, “Yea, but Peter, James and John fell asleep!” Yes, but they had not yet experienced the result of the day of Pentecost and the indwelling power of the Holy Spirit; we have…
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