Are you sleeping?

When Jesus took some of his desciples to Gethsemane he told them to wait at a particular place and stand guard. After praying for an hour he returned and they were sleeping. He woke them up and again went to pray, when he returned he was sleeping again. He again woke them up and left again to pray. When he returned he found them asleep again. The first time Jesus returned he said something that was very important. He admonished them to watch and pray so that hey would not fall into temptation.He ends by saying the spirit is willing but the body is weak.

As youths we always have a fire for God. We want to do so many things for God. But then bit by bit piece by piece life happens. You have responsibilities like school, family, church even work and you then have no time to commit to doing what u started. U become tired and weary and give up. Your spirit is willing but your body is shutting down. After the frustration u begin to feel like a failure. U stop praying and reading ur Bible mainly because u feel ur not worthy of that time with God. And even though people tell u that u are, u dont really want to hear them. You reach the point where you no longer feel the oresence of God with you. And soon enough you become the person that you dont recognise. Where did the willing spirit u had go? Where is the fire that was once there? Can you come out of it?

Jesus died so that we can be covered. Covered with his mercy and his grace so that inspite of our slip ups we can still come back to him. His arms are always open and he stands waiting for us to come back. So what are you gonna do? Are you going to wallow in what you are in and not wake up and return to you first love? The choice is yours.