GETHSEMANE CRY

Mark 14: 32-36

And they came to a place which was named Gethsemane; and He saith to His disciples, "sit ye here, while I shall pray". And He took with Him Peter, James and John, and began to be greatly amazed, and to be very heavy; and saith unto them, "My soul is exceedingly sorrowful unto death; tarry ye here and watch." And He went forward a little, and fell on the ground, and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from Him. And He said, "Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee, Take away this cup from me; Neverthless, not what I will, but what Thou wilt."

THE AGONY OF JESUS

"Thy will be done, no greater words than these can pass from human lips; than these which rent there way through agony and bloody sweat; and broke the silence of Gethsamane, to save the world from sin" (Words by Studdard Kennedy). 

What was in the cup that JESUS, in His flesh, did not want to drink? It was the cup of separation from His Father. What JESUS dreaded with tears and bloody sweat, was the time when all the sin of the world would be on Him and His Father would not be able to look on His own Son.  This is the cup of separation.

JESUS had the will to say yes or no to GOD. In his flesh, He had will and decision ability.  JESUS chose to yield to the Will of Father GOD. Our salvation hinged on this GETHSEMANE CRY. JESUS said "yes" to the will of His Father and yielded up His flesh to be crucified.

In all our struggles and situations, we, too, have the choice and our future depends on that choice. May we say:

NEVERTHELESS, NOT WHAT I WILL, BUT THAT THOU WILT