Title: Worrying...Prayer...Resolution/Matt 26:36-39
If so, did Jesus in this world have any troubles? Or maybe you didn't? “I was troubled and grieved, and my heart was so troubled that I died (verses 37, 38)” Jesus also had troubles.
Even if you search all the Gospels, there is not a single record that Jesus laughed with joy. Rather, he said, "Woe to you... Now you who laugh, you will weep and mourn" (Luke 6:25). Then, was it because Jesus was a pessimist or a pessimist, he did not laugh and was worried and sad? no. Never. This is a lesson to teach us what a life of worth worrying about.
I was trying to live according to the desires of the spirit, but the desires of the flesh grabbed hold of me and I tried to take up the cross, but I couldn't become a weak person... For Christians, it is normal to worry, and it is proof that we are living as Christians. Therefore, having no worries means that you do not have the heart to live according to God's will. A Christian cannot be a Christian without worrying about living according to God's will for a Christian.
A person's personality is determined by the type of trouble, that is, what he is worried about, the depth of anguish becomes the standard for measuring the value of life, and the amount of trouble represents the weight of the person. "I think. Therefore I exist.” This is Descartes' fundamental philosophical proposition, "I suffer. Therefore I am (I struggle, therefore I am). “This is Kierkegarrd.
Joy is the wing of human life, and troubles and pain are the spurs that make us fly. Therefore, when I have troubles, I should not destructively consume myself, but I should train to receive greater grace.
Poet Doojin Park writes about his self-portrait, When am I the real me? This is the time to struggle with anxiety before God, saying, “Lord! Have mercy on me and help me.”
If happiness is the ultimate goal of life, suffering is a necessary condition for achieving that goal. “Every road has mud, and every rose has thorns” is an English proverb.
First: Because I was worried and died
“I was troubled and grieved, and my heart was grieved to death” (verses 37, 38).
The Greek word for ‘worry’, ‘ademonein’, means ‘to be very discouraged’ or ‘to be very anxious.’ However, Mark records this as ‘Ekdam base die’, which means ‘extremely astonished’ (Mark 14:33), which refers to a state to the point of being speechless and unconscious, and expresses Jesus’ troubles more vividly.
The Greek word for 'sorry' is 'Lupeidai', which means suffering to the extent of being unable to control the mind, and the Greek word for 'heart', 'psyche', is used to represent the 'soul' or 'the whole of man'. Suggesting that the pain was holistic, 'Being dead' describes the sorrow so great that it was near death.
In the text, Jesus was agonizing over whether to receive or avoid the bitter cup of death on the cross, but His death on the cross was already prophesied in the book of Isaiah. “Surely he has borne our afflictions and carried our sorrows…” (Isaiah 53:4).
'Gethsemane', where Jesus was concerned, is a garden at the western foot of the Mount of Olives, where olive trees are lush, and it means 'an oil press'. It is a place name with a prophetic character that represents what was prayed for by squeezing the essence. “Jesus prayed more earnestly and with all his might, and his sweat became like drops of blood falling to the ground” (Luke 22:44).
According to Heidegger, human beings have three concerns: the first, the matter, the second, and the third, the self. In other words, everyone struggles to get material, and when they achieve this, they struggle to control people as they please, and if they succeed in this, they worry about themselves. However, it is said that there are people who can solve the first and second problems, but no one can solve the third problem by themselves. In fact, this is our human existence.
Although Jesus was the Son of God, he came to this earth in the flesh, so physical and spiritual anguish came to an extreme in the face of the atonement death that had to take the place of God's wrath for human sin. However, Jesus fell to a place of trouble that he could not solve on his own, and he did not just lament and mourn, but he moved to the seat of prayer to solve his troubles and fell on his face in the most humble way to God.
Second: with your face to the ground
After asking the disciples to pray, Jesus went a little farther, fell face down on the ground, and prayed. In other words, he has moved from intense distress to deep and earnest prayer. And if there is any other way of salvation, Jesus makes a frank request that it be done and that I may escape the cup of suffering allotted to me, that is, death on the cross. “My father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me” (verse 39).
Just as a photograph comes out of a dark room, a work of faith is made by praying in a dark room of trouble. Prayer is a lever to move obstacles.
Elijah, who knelt on the ground, put his face between his knees and prayed, led the battle on Mount Carmel to victory (1 Kings 18). The Lord went up to the Mount of Olives to pray according to his custom, and prayed fervently by himself (Luke 22:39) , 41, 44), Daniel, who died on his knees and prayed three times a day as before (Daniel 6:10)..., prayer is a disciplined habit, and the best solution to troubles is a prayer of faith.
If you want to know the true meaning of life, you have to think about it. A precious gem is contained in the troubled problem. Those who pray in the midst of trouble will know that trouble is the mother of learning, growth, and maturation. “This world is full of hardships, but there is a God who gives us the strength to overcome them.” By H. Keller.
A high-load truck tried to make its way through the low-lying underpass and got jammed, paralyzing traffic there. Accident Response Team ran and tried to pull the truck, but it didn't move. But a little boy who was watching the accident said to the head of the task force. “Uncle, I just need to deflate the wheels a little bit”-. The truck simply pulled out, and the traffic was soon cleared.
A simple solution to your troubles is prayer. It's not a remote or difficult way. But we must be careful not to limit the power of God when we pray. Because I do not lie down, my worries remain in me and torment me. Prayer is man's refuge, the edge and corner that keeps the web of life from unraveling.
“Humans try to avoid suffering, which results in more suffering.” Gandhi.
Third: Do as you will.
“Nevertheless, not my will, but your will (verse 39)” was Jesus’ solution to his troubles and a phrase of victory. When the Lord prayed this prayer, an angel appeared to Jesus from heaven and helped him (Luke 22:43 ). Although the Lord prayed, “If it is possible, let this cup pass from me,” he did not seek safety or relieve suffering.
Most of the people think that the solution is that things they don't want don't get done or things they want get done. However, this is an illusion. The real solution is to obey God's will and obey God's will.
The solution to Jesus' troubles in the Garden of Gethsemane is, “Not as I will, but as you will.” Jesus' troubles ended here. But God brought the Lord back to life. The Lord died but was resurrected. Bearing the cross according to God's will is not death, but life again. Christianity is a religion that receives life through life.
As a result of the last meeting with the representatives of the Christ Federation in North Korea, I went to Pyongyang on Easter Sunday to preach the resurrection of Jesus to those who do not have a God. Unification is the revival of a country that has been cut off.
Built a great post office in Pittsburgh, USA. It was the day of the splendid completion ceremony, but a big incident that made you cry or laugh happened. None of the mailboxes that the post office should have were installed.
If there is no practice of obedience, which is the most important thing that I have thought about for a long time and prayed a lot, my problem remains as a concern for me. A brilliant religious career cannot solve my problems. The solution to Christian life's troubles is to lay down my life, my life, and take up the cross of obedience. If you want to die, you live.