Mark 14:35-36 (ESV Strong's)
And going a little farther, he 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 for you. Remove this cup from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will.”
Subject: Prayer
Imagine the scene spoken of in the above verses. Jesus is in the Garden of Gethsemane and is about to pray about His future crucifixion. What does that look like on any level from a human perspective? If you knew you were going to die what would you pray? But this is no ordinary death. Christ is about to endure the whole of God's wrath. This death was not His; it was the death of all of mankind. It is a death of tremendous pain and suffering. Yet, outside of the cross, this pain in this garden is the next worse thing Jesus would endure. He knows completely about the wrath of God. It is complete in its application and final in its execution. In these two verses we Jesus struggle. His human aspect of His being placed in a body of a man, yet, without sin, caused the above prayer. We might get discouraged by our own prayer life. This picture of Christ let's us see the spiritual struggle between the flesh and the Spirit centered around the aspect of prayer. God knows this struggle, through the act of His Son. We don't have a High Priest who doesn't know our infirmities. In all points He was tempted like we are, yet without sin. Take heart about your prayer life. Jesus knows the struggle.
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