January 6
“Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”
I recently heard that research shows most people break their New Year’s resolution by January 12, so today is about halfway to that breaking point. Some never make it through the second day. The truth is, for most of us, we think we can do whatever we set out to do but sheer willpower but that is not the case.
Jesus had taken 3 of His disciples to watch and pray with Him at Gethsemane. When He returned to them, he found them sleeping not just once but twice. It was after the first time that He said verse 41 to them. We sometimes think that these 3 men were slackers. I mean, really, how could they not stay awake for Jesus? However, Jesus knew why—their flesh was weak.
What about us? How often have we felt in our spirit what we needed to do, yet our flesh just couldn’t see it through? The flesh IS weak. Rest assured that Satan will use every temptation, every opportunity, every little crack he can see to try to get us to do his will instead of the will of Our Father. So, let us each take care today that we do not allow the flesh to take over and that we focus on doing what God would have us to do.
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