Posted in: Blog | No Comments | October 31, 2009
When Jesus was in the garden of Gethsemanee He was at the apex of his mission on earth. The sins of the whole world rested upon his human shoulders as the connection He had with God was slowly being withdrawn. The pain and agony of being cut off from His father was too much to the point that He fell on the ground prostrate pleading with God for another way. His flesh did not want to die.
”Father take this cup from me”.
How many times do we utter those same words? Times get tough and we don’t feel God and we ask Him to remove the cup. Sickness, Death, Foreclosure, and financial problems fill our cup with anxiety and pain. Sometimes like Jesus we feel like our cup is too much to bear.
That cup hurts.
That cup is nasty.
That cup is bitter.
That cup …… …. ….. is neccessary.
I’m so glad that Jesus proclamation continued with a comma and not a period.
“, nevertheless not as I will but as thou will. “
Because after that comma is our victory. After that comma is the reason why we too must drink from the cup. After that comma is the reason why we suffer. After that comma is joy because you are submitting your circumstance to the one who was in control all along.
So the question is this; What is in your cup today? …Can you talk to God and utter those words?
Don’t ask God to remove the cup, instead ask God for His strength as you drink it.
“, nevertheless not as I will but as thou will. “
Edub
Even so Lord Jesus come …
Also I urge everyone to get the book The Desire of Ages by Ellen G. White and read that chapter on Gethsemane.
