What would it have been like to know
that you came to be the Savior of the world, to shed the necessary blood for
mankind’s sin once and for all because God so loved the World? His path was not easy. He was hated, He was used for His miracles,
He was loved, He was pursued. He spoke truth that was not understood. He poured
into His team to prepare them for what was coming. He gave them warning, a play by play, yet
they turned deafened ears and blinded eyes because it didn’t mesh with what
they thought. Not happening….
I peeked into the upper room at that
Last Supper, where he broke that bread, and said “This is my body, He took the
cup and told them this was His blood. He
told them He wouldn’t partake of the fruit of the vine until He was in the
kingdom of God. Yet before He broke that
bread, He told them, one who is
supping with me will betray Me. Oh they were all sorrowful. Not Me…
After they broke bread, he tells them ALL OF YOU will be MADE TO STUMBLE. PETER said, “NOT ME.” “Though none go with you I WILL. Peter was warned before the rooster crowed
twice, HE WOULD DENY HIS BELOVED CHRIST three times. NOT ME said Peter.
They come to the garden. Gethsemane.
Jesus said, “Sit here while I pray.”
“Stay here and watch, My soul is exceeding sorrowful.” Jesus prayed.
He found them sleeping and said to
Peter, “Simon are you sleeping? Could you not watch and pray?” then HE said something to them that I
realize, He was as much sorrowful for what they were going to go through that
they weren’t prepared for as He was for the heaviness of the sin of the world. They
were too busy being in denial, NOT ME, I could never forsake my beloved
Savior. NOT ME, I have walked with you.
I have talked with you. I am
strong in you, Jesus. NOT ME.
He said again, could you not watch one hour? HE said in Mar 14:38
Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. The spirit truly is ready,
but the flesh is weak.
Jesus knew they were weak. Jesus
knew they weren’t prepared. Jesus KNEW what they were getting ready to
walk through. He knew even though they
vowed total loyalty, which the spirit of man was willing, but the FLESH oh, our
flesh, how weak it was. NOT ME
I find myself thinking of today. HE IS COMING SOON! Jesus is warning. The signs are there. His Word tells
us what to expect in the last days before His return. Some of the phrases He says, “Many be offended”
“Shall hate one another” “There shall be famines, and pestilences” You can read
the list in Matt 24, in Mark 13.
He tells us there will be many false prophets. That there would even be those that do
miracles in His name, but aren’t His.
My heart is distressed at the thinking in our land that just because we
live, that we go to heaven. God’s WORD
is clear, that you have to Repent, and
believe on the name of Jesus.
I find myself asking, “Will we
fall into the trap, NOT ME, it can’t happen to me, though none go with me,
I will follow.” I propose instead, we
realize that if not for the Grace of God, there could go I and “Could we not watch and pray?”
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