His Strength In My Weakness

Matthew 26:41 "watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation;The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak:"

Jesus facing the worst night in human history,the night when the love of God came face to face with the hatred in man. Jesus in the garden with Peter, James,and John,as Jesus finds them sleep and says "watch and pray that you enter not into temptation;the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak".

We have trouble in our relationship with Christ because of a weak flesh.The flesh is an enemy to God, it fights against the spirit.It is the inner me,which is my biggest enemy.The will of the flesh allows us to openly deny Christ,to cowardly desert Christ,and knowingly sell him out for the love of money, and in some cases renounce all relationship to him.We must stay alert, be on guard,for the enemy within, observe our selves, that we are not lead astray by the lust and demands of the flesh. We must watch our attitude toward one another,and be watchful in our service both to Christ and to each other.We can't sleep on the job,so we must pray to God that by his grace he keeps us awake. Pray for strength for one another,pray for guidence, pray in all situations, as prayer is to the spirit, what breathing is to the flesh.Saints the word says" a man ought to always pray", so let us pray without ceasing that we don't give in to the weakness of the flesh.

Jesus said" watch and pray that you enter not into temptation"; to enter: go in "willfully",It is our rebillious nature that willfully disobeys Gods commands, as the flesh is weak.It will cause you to deny Christ in our talk, at a time when a witness is needed, abandon him with our walk, when we are needed to stand with and for him.If not kept in check the desires of the flesh will kill the willingness of the spirit, as they war constantly , the flesh never wants to do, what the spirit knows needs to be done .Jesus in the garden,a willing spirit,fighting with a rebillious flesh, says "not my will but thy will be done".His flesh wanted the cup to pass, but not his will, but the will of the Father be done.

But it is the strength of His spirit that controls the weakness which is my flesh,for He has power over all flesh.God can take a willing spirit, a humble spirit,a loving spirit and save the whole world. He took the willingness of Jesus,the love of Jesus and humbleness of Jesus and made him the perfect sacrifice for an imperfect people,to control a rebillious flesh and encourage a willing spirit.