Devotional Thoughts about Matthew 26:36-49 and Luke 22:43,44
The “cup” metaphor in the Gethsemane phase of Jesus’ progress toward the cross shows a terrible struggle between His deity and His humanity. The situation is very difficult even for adult Christians to wrap their minds around.
We, who have always lived undeservedly on an earth full of God’s blessings (see Matthew 6:45), surely have no idea how awful a world totally without Him would be. How much more dreadful would it be (and must it have been) for Jesus to be totally forsaken by the Father?
The passage is presumably much harder for kids to understand, and yet—before we skip over this story—there’s also a message here for all who have been saved through His sacrifice: Watch and pray! Be on guard against enticements to take the easy way out.
Lord, please help me to keep on praying for strength to resist daily tempations.
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