That thing you do: Day 20

Matthew 26:36-46 

Gethsemane..... There, in prayer, Jesus fought His greatest battle. The intense sorrow was not primarily over the physical torture or dying, for He had been telling them for months He was willing to die... Rather, it was over needing to experience God's "cup of wrath." In the Old Testament, God's cup of wrath was poured out on sinners resulting in desolation, waste, and becoming a curse. He, the pure, sinless Son of God, would become sin, which would result in separation between Himself and the Father.

It was this separation that He dreaded. Because He was obedient, He experienced something no Christian would ever experience-- separation from God. 

"Watch and pray lest you enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing but the flesh is weak."

We should always run to the Father. Constantly being in His presence. Always. One look away can draw us farther and farther until we forget our way back. It's important to be watchful, careful, alert... We are in the flesh. We are weak physically. We can give in to temptation if not in the presence of the Lord. I remember Pastor Robert Hern preaching about sin growing. You take a little bite.. Just to see what it tastes like. You take another bite, just to be sure. Then you take another one, and another one and another one and another one.... until you don't know how to stop anymore. 

We need to take a step back. WATCH & PRAY. Jesus, in all His perfection, still ran to the Father.... 

All the more should we.