Why sleep ye?

"And said unto them, Why sleep ye? rise and pray, lest ye enter into temptation". (Luke 22:46 KJV). Pray so that you do not enter into temptation. Jesus took His disciples to the Garden of Gethsemane, a place they were familiar with. He told them to keep watch and to pray, as He went a stone's cast away, knelt down, and began to pray. Jesus was about to do what is impossible for man to do. He was about to carry the sins of the whole world upon His shoulders. As He laid there in agony in the Garden of Gethsemane, He cried out to God the Father and asked Him, "if you be willing remove this cup from me nevertheless not my will, but Thine, be done". It's meaningless for the believer to go through this world under his or her own will. It is going to take God's will. Jesus knew He was about to be nailed to the cross, and the only way He was able to bear such a burden was to surrender His all to God. He knew what kind of pain He was going to bear and what persecution was on its' way, and the only way He could get through this was just by crying out. Have we surrendered it all? Can we give God, our Lord, one hour of watching and praying? Or has He found us asleep in our darkest times? Has He found us asleep when all Hell is around us? Jesus knew what He was up against, and it is also very clear to the sight of man what we, the church, are up against. We must understand that our flesh is weak, but the Spirit is willing. It's time for us to pray and seek the face of the Lord. God bless you. Amen