Today’s Bible Reading:
Deuteronomy 5-6, Psalm 43, Mark 14
Topic: Spiritual
Awareness
SCRIPTURE: Mark 14:38
38 Watch
and pray, lest you enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.” (Mark 14:38 NKJV)
OBSERVATION:
Previous to Jesus speaking these words, He had informed His
disciples that one of them would betray Him.
Their first response was for each of them to wonder if they could
possibly be the one (vv. 18-19). A
little later that evening Jesus told them that they all would stumble and flee
Him. Their response to this was that
they would all stand by Him and die with Him (vv. 27-31). He then went to the Garden of Gethsemane
and asked them to watch and pray, but they all fell asleep (vv. 32-41).
APPLICATION:
I say I love the Lord and will serve Him no matter
what. I say I will stand up for and even
die for my faith in Him. Yet, deep
inside, I wonder, like the disciples, could I possibly betray or deny Him to
save my own flesh? My spirit is indeed
willing, but my flesh is weak. How can I
combat the weakness of my flesh? Jesus
says the way to do that—to keep the spirit stronger than the flesh—is to “watch
and pray” (v. 38). I must not be oblivious
to what is going on around me (sleeping); I must be alert (awake) and pray.
PRAYER:
Lord, I am willing.
Help me in my weakness.
In the strength and power of Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.
-AP
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