Forsaken

Scripture:

Mark 14:50 "Then they all forsook Him and fled".

Observation:

Jesus was in the Garden of Gethsemane with His disciples. Judas had gone during this time and betrayed Jesus for 30 pieces of silver. He brings them to Jesus and betrays Jesus with a kiss. The disciples realize what is going on and Mark records that "they all forsook Him and fled". It never ceases to amaze me that Jesus had thousands following Him while He was healing their sick, few when He was teaching deeper truths, and all fled when He was faced with the cross. All had forsaken Him after all He had done for them.

Application:

Many people want the miracles and the crowds, but few want to follow Jesus into being forsaken by all. Many today desire to be "mightily used" by God and enjoy "successful" ministry. The truth is that to be like Jesus, we will have times when we feel forsaken. We can read this and know that Jesus has experienced being forsaken by those He was giving His life for. He knows our pain when we feel forsaken. He understands the grief and will walk with us through it. People will forsake you and let you down. Prepare beforehand to love them anyway like Jesus did.

Prayer:

Lord, You were forsaken by everyone. Thousands wanted to follow You when the going was good and the miracles were flowing, but nobody wanted to follow You to the cross. Help me to follow You through every part of life. When I feel forsaken, let me remember what You did for us by giving us and example.

Your Son,

Jeff