Christ, when facing the biggest trial of His life in
Gethsemane, asked His disciples to join together in prayer. Unfortunately, they
failed to do this, being too sleepy, and because of this suffered great loss.
In fact, we are told, “It was in sleeping when Jesus bade him watch
and pray that Peter had prepared the way for his great sin [the sin of denying
Christ three times]. All the disciples, by sleeping at that critical hour,
sustained great loss.”[i]
What loss might God’s work be sustaining today because we
are scared, or too sleepy, to come together to watch and pray?
Thankfully, what the disciples failed to do that night in
Gethsemane, they learned to do from then on. We are told, “After his death, the
disciples often prayed together in the place where they assembled for worship;
they also resorted to the temple at the hour of prayer.”[ii]
Satan knows how powerful united prayer is! It’s no surprise
that he’s working overtime to keep God’s people from coming together in unity
to pray!
"There is need of a strong and
united influence to co-operate with the Captain of our salvation in taking the
spoil from the power of the enemy, and making men and women free in Christ.
Shall we not every one seek to stimulate others to work for fallen man? Pray earnestly, unitedly, perseveringly, for
spiritual power. The fountain of grace and knowledge is ever flowing. It is
inexhaustible. It is from this abundant fullness that we are supplied."[iii]
Today let’s seek to embrace the gift God has given us in prayer, for truly, it
is one of our most powerful tools for helping finish the work.
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