It was Blaise Pascal who wrote "Incredible that God should unite with us." And incredible it is. Unfortunately, we are so preoccupied with ourselves, we've missed it. It's like we slept through it, along with His disciples.
While Jesus prayed in the final hour He asked His disciples to stay awake with Him while He learns the Father's will and His certain death. He simply asked His friends to stay awake with Him. As He returned to His disciples, He found them asleep. Nevertheless, He goes forward to meet death.
Jesus sought men but was not heard.
Jesus, while the disciples slept, brought them salvation. He brought it for all the righteous while they sleep, both in the nothingness before their birth and in their sinful state since their birth. He brought it for you and me while we slept.
Jesus prays only once that the cup should pass from Him, and even then with humble resignation; He prays twice that it should come if it must.
Jesus, seeing His friends asleep and His foes alert, commits Himself without reservation to His father.
"Incredible that God should unite with us."
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