Friday, May 24, 2024

PT-2 "Supplication" (Matt. 26:39-45a)

 

SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 5/24/2024 9:13 AM

 

My Worship Time                                                                              Focus:  PT-2 “Supplication”

 

Bible Reading & Meditation                                                 Reference:  Matt. 26:39-45a)

 

            Bible Reading & Meditation:  39 And He went a little beyond them, and fell on His face and prayed, saying, "My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; yet not as I will, but as You will." 40 And He came to the disciples and *found them sleeping, and *said to Peter, "So, you men could not keep watch with Me for one hour? 41 “Keep watching and praying that you may not enter into temptation; the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak." 42 He went away again a second time and prayed, saying, "My Father, if this cannot pass away unless I drink it, Your will be done." 43 Again He came and found them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy. 44 And He left them again, and went away and prayed a third time, saying the same thing once more. 45 Then He came to the disciples and *said to them, "Are you still sleeping and resting?”

 

            I want to begin by talking about something personal.  Yesterday, May 23rd, 2024 began with me going to the doctor’s office and getting some pre-cancer cells taken of my face, neck, and head.  I went home and began my 5 mile walk, and then came in and cut the grass.  After that I took my wife to the doctors as here hearing has been going bad.  This is where the potential bad news was given to us.  Her hearing went downhill very fast and the doctor told me that she will need an MRI, and after investigating a little I came to the conclusion that this could be a very bad problem.  Yesterday was also the anniversary of my father’s passing back 23 years ago.  I realize that the Lord is in total control of all that is going on, and that comforts me, but I have to say that I am hurting very much at this time.  Prayers will certainly help!

 

            Now back to our lesson from these verses that we began to look at yesterday. 

 

            I mentioned that when we look at verse 42 is seeing the words “My Father,” that this is the only time that Jesus ever used this term.  He had called Him Father before, but never “My Father,” as this intensified the intimacy.  The more Satan tried to divert Jesus from His Father’s will and purpose, the more closely Jesus drew into His Father’s presence.  We can look at Mark’s writing as he added that Jesus also addressed Him as “Abba! Father!” (Mark 14:36), Abba being an Aramaic word of endearment roughly equivalent to “Daddy,” and this is such an address that would have been unthinkably presumptuous and blasphemous to the Jews.

 

            I have to say that with what that is going on in my life with the problem that my wife is having that I believe that my Spiritual Diaries are going to be much shorter than before.  Sunday will be the last Sunday school class that I will be teaching, as I made that decision a couple of weeks ago and have had to rush my lessons in the book of Zechariah in order to finish it before the first of June as our class will be joining another class for the summer, and then I don’t know what will happen with our class.  My prayer is that the Lord will provide another teacher for our class. 

 

            As I look at what Jesus was going through in His preparation to go to the cross, and how He is so interment with His Father it makes me so much more confident of how much he loves me and also my wife who is truly a believer that I know that He will see us through this very difficult time in our lives for I can call on my heavenly Father to aid me just like He was help to His Son.

 

5/24/2024 9:49 AM

 

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