Daily D – Matthew 26:36-39

by David Bowman | Sep 4, 2024 | Daily D | 0 comments

Matthew 26:36-39 Then Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane, and he told the disciples, “Sit here while I go over there and pray.” Taking along Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to be sorrowful and troubled. He said to them, “I am deeply grieved to the point of death. Remain here and stay awake with me.” Going a little farther, he fell facedown and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will.” (CSB)

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Peter, James, and John saw Jesus at his best. They saw him for who he really is. They say him in all of his glory.

Peter, James, and John also saw Jesus at his moment pitiable, his most vulnerable, his most sorrowful.

They never got over what they experienced on the Mount of Transfiguration in Matthew 17. Neither did they ever get over what happened in the garden the night before the crucifixion.

I wonder when it dawned on them that they had seen Isaiah 52:13-53:12 fulfilled before their very eyes?

They saw and experienced Jesus as both the King of Glory and as the Suffering Servant.

They saw and experienced Jesus as blinding light. They saw and experienced Jesus wrapped in darkness.

With the cross and the resurrection, they saw and experienced the full measure of God’s glory and grace. With Jesus’s ascension and the coming of the Holy Spirit to dwell in every believer, they saw and experienced the wonder of God With Us becoming God In Us to join him in extending his Kingdom’s rule and reign in the hearts of every man, woman, boy, and girl.

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I will see God’s glory and grace and live in the light of all it makes possible.

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Our Father, thank you for your glory and grace. Thank you for its limitless reach. Thank you for its purposeful application. Thank you for including me. Thank you for using me to extend your salvation to those who need to see and experience you for themselves. Amen.

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