Is your heart heavy today? Have you a sadness in your soul that is exceedingly sorrowful…even unto death? Do you feel an overwhelming lack of control over your situation. Maybe you don’t feel that kind of anguish but your heart is heavy and burdened over a situation that you are going through and you are feeling a little alone and without direction.May I encourage you today sweet friend… that you are not alone. You have never been alone. You simply feel that way because you are searching for answers that you may not seem to find at this moment and time. You may even know the answer but you are unable to do anything about it. Your hands are tied and nothing can be done but endure it.
May I remind you about the time when Jesus Himself felt alone and sorrowful and his heart was so heavy even He Himself said it this way….He said to those with Him, “My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even unto death; tarry ye here, and watch with Me.” Matt. 26:38. Yet they did not…they kept falling asleep on Him….yep, in His darkest hour his friends forsook Him and He was alone…all that He ask of them was that they would pray with Him…I mean they knew that His heart was heavy….and while they might not had yet understood what it was all about, they could have at least made more of an effort…At least that was what Jesus was thinking.
Finally, He went away on His own again….and prayed fervently entreating the Father if it were possible to take the cup that Jesus knew that He was going to have to bear from Him ….. The scripture goes on to tell us that the agony of Jesus' prayer reached its climax and His sweat was, as it were, great drops of blood falling down to the ground in Luke 22:44. Now I have been pretty broken over some hard times in my life but I must tell you that I have never felt aguish to the point where I sweat blood; and I have found comfort many, many times in knowing that Jesus has felt far more pain than I have and He can be trusted to help me through mine. Never had Jesus wrestled with a decision like He had that night. It was during those moments that His divine nature wrestled with his human nature. Without confusion nor division, He willed out His way to be His Father’s way….and that dear friend is what you and I must do when we come to our garden with prayers of that magnitude.
We simple must will our way to become the Father’s way. It’s not about me God, we must pray….not about what I want…..but what is the best way….what is God’s way. Jesus had to think not of Himself… but all mankind. His decision would have the greatest impact on the future of all mankind for their salvation and restoration to God. Now came the hour when all this was to come to pass. When mercy and grace would kiss to bring mankind the love that God so loved the world with…Jesus knew that in order for this to all come about there was only one way….and He doing it God’s way was the only way….It was because of the decision that He made that night, that Jesus would become the only... “Way, the Truth and the Life, and no man could come to the Father but by and through Jesus”…. that in a few hours the Son of Man, lifted up on the Cross, would draw everyone to Himself through His self-sacrifice, His love and yes…..His obedience to what was being asked of Him to do.
You see, while Jesus was asking His Father to take the bitter cup that He would have to drink from Him, He would accept God’s way and His will as the best thing for His life should the Father say..."there is no other way Son"....that was the most human moment of Jesus' life, to ask His Father to consider another way...yet in His heart He was willing to accept whatever agony He must to submitt to the Father's will.
The Lord submitted His human will to that of God and sought only to do the will of His Heavenly Father. His spiritual food was to do the will of Him that sent Him and to finish His work… according to John 4:34. The sinless Saviour was to lift upon Himself all of mankind's sin, so that He, Who had no sins of His own, would feel the burden of the sins of all mankind and would experience such sorrow over it, and was to experience all the horror of man's separation from his Creator. You see that was where He suffered the most pain...seperation.
The pains that you and I feel are great….the burdens are heavy…yet we can not even imagine the pain of how a soul feels separated apart from God in hell….you see hell if for no other reason is hell…because God is not there…the separation, I believe that caused His great agony was brought on because of this one fact…He was to be separated from God…...and Jesus knew that….He understood in ways you and I can hardly fathom. When He was on the cross, His words confirmed His greatest fear…..He was forsaken….God turned His face and could not even look upon Jesus because of the great sin that He bare while hanging on the cross….think about it a moment….Jesus walked with God…he was God….His Spirit bared witness of the Father, He had never spent one split second of His life without feeling the presence of the Living God….and for a time, on the cross, He was left alone to bear the weight of the world’s sin…..WOW….I think that makes Him about the best most caring understanding person that ever lived….and who is worthy to be sought after in our garden, when we are left alone to make dreaded decision that we may be facing….
So you see, He understands our pain….and while it may be different….pain is pain….if you burn me with a match or a torch….it matters not…the stings of the pain is the same…..Jesus was left alone and He had to work through His pain and sorrow….and thanks be to God for our sake…that He said, God’s will be done…
So today my sweet friend…give it up….give it over…..let Him win….because you really, really….really need Him to do that for you! Don’t focus on the outcome of how or what you want it to be…but focus on surrendering whatever it is that He is asking you to surrender….
I love you and have prayed for you today…don’t give up…don’t give up….don’t you dare give up!.....Keep pressing on….life is but a vapor…it appears for a while and then it disappears and only the decisions you made will be left to represent you….look up… your help drawth neigh!
All to Him I Surrender...all to Him I freely give! You can do this!
Love,
Bren
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