Today’s Reading is Mark 14. As we read through this chapter, I want us to focus on how our Lord displays strength in His weakness. Throughout the Bible, get to know our Incarnate Christ. He experienced the limitations and fears humans can face.
Weakness
- emotional anguish = In the Garden of Gethsemane, Jesus says in verse 33, he is, “greatly distressed and troubled”
- desire to escape = Jesus asks his father, “Take this cup from me “
- need for companionship = asks His disciples to stay awake and support Him v 34-36
Strengths
- calm sovereignty = When the mob surrounds Him to arrest Him, He stays calm v 44-50
- absolute obedience = even in pain and anguish, He surrenders to God’s will. In agony, He says, “Yet not my will but His” v 36
- prophetic control = predicting Judas’ betrayal, the denial of Peter, and the abandonment of His disciples v 18-20 & 27-30
The chapter strikes a balance between the two yet ultimately shows the unmatched strength of God’s redemptive purpose. His divine strength displays the perfect obedience to our Father over everything.
I pray that we find the strength we need in everything through the obedience we show. Amen