"Pray that you may not enter into temptation." Luke 22:40
Jesus is in need of some prayer warriors. Those he is relying on appear in need of sleep. He pleads, he repeats, they slumber. I can't imagine the anguish of the moment. I cant imagine the stress needed to turn sweat into blood, I can't imagine the desperation on Jesus's lips as he begs for the cup to pass, for his path to take a detour. And he asks his friends for help.
They don't have to fight an army, later when one tries Jesus stays his hand and heals a wound. They don't have to cross a river or climb a mountain. He's not asking them to lay down their lives, only for a few minutes, a few words, and yet that is too muck to ask of them.
I'm sure you've been let down by friends, I know I have. And when it happened, I'm sure it hurt, mine did. I'm also fairly certain that if you're reading this it was not in a life or death instance, but it was for Jesus. We do a disservice to the truth when we claim Jesus was betrayed by Judas, he wasn't, he was betrayed by all of his disciples, his friends. I think this happened, at least in part, so that we would know that he knows how we feel.
+ How have you been let down?
+ How have you let down others?
+ What have you learned from these situations?
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