"Simply Watch And Pray"

"Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak." Matthew 26:41 

As I was praying about what to share with you this morning, I kept hearing the phrase- "Watch and pray". Twice this phrase is used in the scriptures, and both times Jesus was the one who said it. The other place is found in Mark 13:33- "Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is." 

 

I believe this is a word for someone this morning. You are to simply "watch and pray". Sometimes we miss our answer because we want some deep, step by step detailed answer. We want the Lord to tell us who, what, where, when and how. He could but He doesn't always answer like that. Sometimes we miss our answer because the answer is just too simple. It reminds me of the time my friend and I went to the nursing home and told a man about the plan of salvation. He thanked us but would not invite Jesus into his heart and life.  He told us that what we had said was just too simple to believe. He thought salvation should be some hard thing/task/work he had to do. 

 

Don't overlook this word this morning because you think your answer should come a certain way or because you think the is too simple. He "sent" me to tell you to just "watch and pray".

 

Have a great day. Sometimes our answer is so simple that we miss it.