One Year Bible Reading Day 68: Follow Jesus

 ³² They went to the olive grove called Gethsemane, and Jesus said, “Sit here while I go and pray.” ³³ He took Peter, James, and John with him, and he became deeply troubled and distressed. ³⁴ He told them, “My soul is crushed with grief to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with me.”. . . .   ³⁷ Then he returned and found the disciples asleep. He said to Peter, “Simon, are you asleep? Couldn’t you watch with me even one hour? ³⁸ Keep watch and pray, so that you will not give in to temptation. For the spirit is willing, but the body is weak.”



Why is it so easy for us to know what Jesus wants us to do, but for some reason we struggle in ACTUALLY DOING what Jesus asks of us.  Even Jesus' closest disciples didn't follow Him completely and even eventually abandoned Him.  Jesus was right when He said that our Spirit is willing but our humanly weak flesh is vulnerable to the enemy.  


Jesus says it’s pretty simple. ‘When I say follow Me, you follow Me, you do what I do.
And when I ask you to do something, you just obey.”  Is that how you see the commands of Jesus? Do you see them as something to study, or meditate on, or memorize … or do you see them as something you have to do? How will your life look different if you see them as something you have to do? When was the last time you heard Jesus telling you to do something, and you turned to your own way? Where did that get you?


Sometimes we’re not that honest with people … we neglect this other part that Jesus was very upfront with, saying, ‘look, it’s very, very difficult to follow Me.’” Have you ever found yourself telling people of the benefits of following Jesus without telling them about the costs?


What are the costs of following Jesus?
Are you willing to tell people the costs?

REMEMBER.....Even Jesus struggled in his human nature by saying, "³⁶ “Abba, Father,”^[c] he cried out, “everything is possible for you. Please take this cup of suffering away from me. Yet I want your will to be done, not mine.”


One Thing Challenge:  Follow Jesus by DOING what He asks us to do in faith by surrendering our will to His.....


P.T.
John 10:10