Let's Go Do What The Father Wants

"Sit you here, while I go and pray yonder."

In Matthew 26:36-46; Jesus said this to all the disciples before He went yonder to pray for what the Father wanted. He needed to find out what that was exactly. He desired to do great things to reveal God's glory to the people. He did this for the thirty three years He had been on this earth. He was sent by God in the Beginning to reveal the Plan of God.

Jesus took with Him to pray up yonder, three. These three where Peter, and the two Zebedee boys. They went to watch and pray to find out together what the Father desired. Peter and the others fell asleep the hour Jesus was a short ways up from them.

Jesus three times asked the Father about the cup of His, if the Father wanted Him to pass it or keep it. Jesus checked on the three twice and they where heavy-eyed and asleep. At the third time Jesus got His reply from the Father, assuring Him the cup was to stay as it is. The Father also told Him of the betrayal act being betrayed right then and that the betrayers where at hand.

"Sleep on now, and take your rest: behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners."

Now, we all know that while Jesus was praying and His "Soul being exceedingly sorrowful even unto death," that the betrayer was at the door of his sin, ready for money and position with the religious leaders of that time, to give Jesus over to them.

The only way that was to happen was Jesus had prepared His Soul, Heart and Mind for "For What The Father Wants." What was to come had already been dealt with and settled by Him and the Father.

Jesus after the third time of prayer found out "What the Father Wanted."

My mind has battled with sleep, indecision, indifference, betrayal, unresponsive, mummified, and dummified... To the points of sin, rebellion, and denial, yet, every time the grace and love of the Father brought me back. I may be here until He returns to catch us up for another 50 years, and I don't know about a turning point of His grace not coming to return someone, but, I really don't want to find out what it is.

Lets not find out together, OK...

PJCopty's Corner
"That Way" manual; Segment 4
12-26-2007