Jesus asked His disciples whether they had lacked anything when He sent them earlier and told them to carry nothing. They answered no. This was to teach them a lesson that if they obeyed God in whatever He told them to do, God would provide all their needs.
Having learnt that lesson, He gave new instructions. He tested them just like when God tested Abraham when He told him to go and kill his son in mt. Moriah and then afterwards told him not to kill him after passing the tests.
God tests us in our private lives to see whether we would obey Him in private and most times we fail because we don't realise that God is testing us. Before God can use a person, He must first test him in private when no one else knows that God is testing Him. And if you pass your tests in private, there is no limit to how much God will use you but The testing is done many times in our lifetime if God is to take us to higher levels in the way He desires. If we get used to and begin failing, then God will not use us as He desires. Have you been failing your private tests many times? God is still merciful; He has not given up on you. You can start again today.
Jesus said that whatever was written about Him must be fulfilled. He two swords are enough for the eleven.
He went out as was his custom to the mount of olives and His disciples followed Him. It was the habitual practice for Jesus to go and pray. What is your habitual practice? Are you better than Jesus? Can you walk far with Jesus without making it your habit to go and pray? Jesus used to pray habitually; if He is truly living in you, don't you think His custom to prayer should continue unless He is outside?
He told His disciples to watch and pray that they may not enter into temptation. We can conclude that the only reason that people fall into temptation and sin is that they don't watch and pray. Temptations are sure to come to each of us and the only way Jesus taught for us to overcome was through watching and praying. Have you heard the call of Jesus to watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation?
He himself withdrew and begun to pray, that if it was possible the cup should be taken away from Him but nonetheless not His will but God's will be done.
We can also see that Temptations offer is a choice between doing our own wills or doing God's will. We choose between pleasing ourselves or pleasing God. It is as we watch and pray that we receive strength to say no to our own wills and choose to do the will of God.
God sent an angel to strengthen Him to accept God's will. In the same way when we have a longing in our hearts to do God's will and cry out in prayer to be enabled, God will strengthen us to choose His will and thus overcome every temptation.
He prayed in anguish and His sweat became like great drops of blood falling in the group. How fervently do you pray. Have you made your ambition to choose God's will or in your prayer do you just pray for the sake of praying?
What is the greatest longing in your heart? Is it doing God's will and pleasing Him at all times? Learn from Jesus. He had one one ambition. To do God's will and please Him no matter the cost. John 5:30, 6:38, 8:29
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