Seriously?

Most of us are familiar with the phrase from Matthew 26:40 in which Jesus pleads with His disciples and says, “What! Could you not watch with Me one hour?”

But today we’re going to take a closer look at the next statement that comes out of His mouth: “Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

The Church today (especially in America) is very weak. Even though our spirits are born-again and we have everything we need to live victoriously, our flesh is still very much under subjection to our soul (not spirit) which drives us to temptation and to do all manner of ungodly stuff…like drink enough soda to provide more than all the calories we need all day; or have a Twinkie (or three) instead of an apple; or watch TV instead of reading the Word; or scream at the kids when we take them to school instead of speaking a blessing over them; or anything else that distracts us from watching with Him.

The flesh is weak…or could it be that it’s just untamed?

I fast once a week (LOL)! In “theory” I fast once a week; I used to fast once a week. But today all I did was just put my breakfast off for a couple of hours. Pathetic. Who’s in control…my spirit, my soul or my body? Well, today it was my body. It was hungry. Again, pathetic.

So if we can’t even tame our tummies or TVs, how can we participate with the Lord in this very serious hour of need? And beloved, this hour of need is almost as critical as was His hour of need before His crucifixion. Let’s pray for strength. Let’s pray for endurance. Let’s pray that we can keep up with the very serious requirements of this age because He’s coming…and He’s coming soon.