Its always difficult for me to read about the crucifiction in the Bible. We get to see how man's
jealousy ended up costing a man his life, if we only look at it on the surface. Its easy to forget
some of the human elements that went into this. Jesus was fully human as well as fully God.
But the torture he was about to endure scared him so badly that he sweated blood. He told his
disciples "my soul is exceedingly sorroful, even unto death..." I am depressed, scared to death!
He prayed to God the father "If it be possible, let this cup pass from me..." If there's a way that
I don't have to suffer like this... But the thing that stands out the most is that he continued in
the posture of "nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou wilt..." And went back and prayed again,
"O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done..."
In life, there are some things that we simply have to go through and there is simply no getting
around it. This that we have to endure is unpleasant and may seem dabilitating, maybe even
humiliating. The end result is growth. In martial arts they do push ups on their knuckles and
take punches and blows to toughen the skin and strengthen the bones. The end result is a body
conditioned to endure attacks. Much in the same way that we will take spiritual attacks that
hone the sensitivity to the presence of God, that makes us rely more on his power and less on
whatever ability we've been blessed with. The Bible tells us the battle is not to the swift, not
to the strong, but to he that endureth to the end. The end result is a spiritual soldier... prepared
for warfare
Stay Prayed Up!
Curt
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