Wake up!

Matthew 26: 40 – 41

Then he returned to his disciples and found them sleeping. "Could you men not keep watch with me for one hour?" he asked Peter.

"Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation.”

Jesus, the consummate teacher and guide, is found offering yet another nugget of wisdom to his friends, even while enduring in His own agony.

And yet what were the disciple found doing? Sleeping.

As the church moves closer to the perilous end of times, this is no time to be sleeping.

We should be active in doing what Jesus said….to keep watch and pray, so that we won’t fall into temptation.

Isn’t that how most people fall into temptation? They aren’t keeping a watchful eye out, and there isn’t often much prayer.

When I meet people who have been tempted and then subdued by the enemy, it’s one of the first questions I ask;

“What’s your prayer life like?” The answer is pretty obvious, and so then is the outcome.

Maybe if the disciples had kept watch and prayed, maybe they wouldn’t have deserted Jesus, when He needed them the most?

Maybe if Peter had kept watch and prayed, he might have saved himself a lot of pain and heartache.

Maybe when Jesus issues a command, we would do well to listen and obey……..