Thought 359
Wanting
God to do Everything
"Watch and pray, that ye
enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak." Matthew 26:41
KJV
How often do we want
God to do everything for us and yet He continues to say “just watch and pray so
that you won’t fall”?
I have found that it
is easy to fall when I’m idle. That little old saying, “idle hands are the
devil’s workshop” is true! When we just sit there and do nothing, when the Lord
has spoken to us, a deep “sleep” comes upon us. When we do nothing, Satan is
very likely to tempt! Now, when I say sitting by and doing nothing, I’m not
referring to the times of rest and refreshing that come from the Lord and
the recreation that we need in our lives to have balance, but rather about
doing nothing during the spiritual battle or the night watch seasons of the
soul. The urge to watch and pray—to be ready and listening—from Christ (Matt.
26:41) is so that we will not partake of the bread of idleness and fall into
temptation.
When we’re idle and our guards are down--watch out!--
Satan is probably lurking around.
Proverbs 19:15 says that “Slothfulness
casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger (KJV).” Laziness, idleness,
shiftlessness are all the same thing: they are disobedience to what our God
created us to do: to have dominion over the earth and rule it for the glory of
God (Genesis 1:28). Yes, we should rest one day every seven, but the other six
we are to be watching and praying—standing!—ready for the Lord to come and move.
But being ready does not just take place in the natural, in the spiritual realm
there are times that we must stand. Daniel did this when he prayed for the help
of the Lord and kept praying for twenty-one days (Daniel 10).
Thought of Reflection:
V Are
you sitting by wanting God to do everything, instead of obediently standing and
waiting for Him?
“And when he was at
the place, he said unto them, Pray that ye enter not into temptation.”
Luke 22:40 KJV
