The Road Ahead: True to the Father’s Will
Good morning; I am reminded in scripture as Jesus came to the close of His earthly ministry, how He took time to eat the Last Supper with His disciples. He took time to warn Peter of his coming denial and how satan would attack him, but that He (Jesus) had already prayed for him. Thank God Jesus already knows how satan will attack us, and if we would listen and walk with Jesus, what heartaches would be prevented. Then the Bibles records that Jesus went into the garden and prayed, “Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless, not my will, but thine, be done” (Luke 22:42). My friend, when Jesus looked into that cup, He saw the Father’s perfect will, He saw my sins, He saw your sins, and He saw the sins of the world. As Jesus prayed, knowing the events that laid before HIm, knowing the road He would walk, knowing the cross He would carry, His only desire was to please the Father. Thank God Jesus was obedient to the Father, He “became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross” (Phil. 2:8). Once Jesus looked into that dreadful cup and drank the cup you, and I should have drank. The very cup of sin that would be placed upon Him at the cross. The Bibles records, “And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and His sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground” (v.44). I know you, and I face difficult times in life; I know we feel pain and hurt; I know we feel heartache and loneliness. But, I can only imagine what Jesus was feeling in this garden that night. His disciples were sleeping, facing death, facing humiliation, but most of all, He would be separated from the Father. God the Father would have to turn His back on His only Son for the sins of the world. Jesus, I want to thank you this morning for all you went through for my sins to be forgiven. I pray for forgiveness when we have failed you, and I pray conviction upon those who don’t know you this morning. Be Blessed in Jesus Name