A question Jesus asked
Could you not watch with me one hour?
What Jesus was really asking
In His deepest anguish, sweating as He prays, Jesus asks His closest friends to stay awake with Him, and they fall asleep. He returns and asks, What, could ye not watch with me one hour? It is one of the most human moments in the Gospels: God in the flesh, longing simply for company in the dark.
How the question still finds us
The question runs both ways. He knows what it is to want someone near and be met with absence, so He understands your loneliness from the inside. And He still asks us to keep watch with Him, to give Him our attention in a world designed to keep us asleep and distracted. He does not need our help. He wants our company.
Sit with it
When did you last simply stay with Jesus, unhurried, giving Him your attention for even one hour?
He is still asking
Jesus is not only someone people debate. He is someone who asks, and waits for your answer. You can answer Him now.
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