Today's Scripture
Keep awake – Mark 14:32-42
TODAY’S READING SCHEDULE: Isaiah 62-64; Mark 14:27-53(CEB)
32 They went to a place called Gethsemane; and he said to his disciples, “Sit here while I pray.” 33 He took with him Peter and James and John, and began to be distressed and agitated. 34 And he said to them, “I am deeply grieved, even to death; remain here, and keep awake.” 35 And going a little farther, he threw himself on the ground and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from him. 36 He said, “Abba, Father, for you all things are possible; remove this cup from me; yet, not what I want, but what you want.” 37 He came and found them sleeping; and he said to Peter, “Simon, are you asleep? Could you not keep awake one hour? 38 Keep awake and pray that you may not come into the time of trial; the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.” 39 And again he went away and prayed, saying the same words. 40 And once more he came and found them sleeping, for their eyes were very heavy; and they did not know what to say to him. 41 He came a third time and said to them, “Are you still sleeping and taking your rest? Enough! The hour has come; the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. 42 Get up, let us be going. See, my betrayer is at hand.”
What does this passage mean to me/us
Before Jesus committed himself to the cross, he took a time to pray. Also showing how he ‘started with prayer.’
He invites his disciples to pray for and with him.
He was in such agony, he knew he could not bear this task alone. He says, “I am deeply grieved, even to death; remain here, and keep awake.” And he comes to see his disciples asleep.
Like his disciples, don’t we easily fail to keep awake to see how God is working in our lives and the world?
Jesus was not only asking for prayers, but he was asking for them to pay attention to what God is about to do.
I wonder if they were awake, wouldn’t they all have followed Christ to the cross?
In the same way, by us not being awake, wouldn’t we might have missed what and how God is working?
Prayer
Lord, keep us spiritually awake to see how you work in our lives. In Christ name, we pray, AMEN.
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