Tuesday, April 1, 2025

LUKE 22:46

 "Why are you sleeping?" He asked them.  "Get up and pray so that you will not fall into temptation." - Luke 22:46

In the disciples defense, I have, many times, fallen asleep while praying.  And they had just been getting ready for Passover and then had a big Passover meal.  And I'm still not sure they quite understood what was about to happen.  But.....

Jesus knew!  And He knew what was most important at that time.  Praying!  Not sleeping!  There are some times in life when sleep is needed, but more often than not, it seems like Jesus would always put prayer before sleep.  Especially now.

It is interesting that You tell them to pray so that they won't fall into temptation.  There are a lot of references to temptation lately.  I know in the Our Father we pray, "Lead us not into temptation" but it seems that You imply that we will be tempted.  The thing is that You can help us to not give into those temptations.


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