Luke 22:46
Matthew 26:42
In the Garden of Gethsemane (where the events of Luke 22:46 & Matthew 26:42 play out) we meet Jesus in a form that's far be it from the form where he cast out demons and healed the sick.
We meet a Jesus that is in distress and near the point of depression.
The tension and pressure that is at the center of his life while in the Garden of Gethsemane is premised on the fact that he understands the time of his suffering is at hand.
He seems to be pondering the possibility of escaping the coming suffering of his life but yet still he fully understands that it's the will of God for him to suffer.
Because if there is going to be any form of great glory unbeknownst then that level of unprecedented glory is going to emerge out of the great suffering that Jesus very much would love to escape even though they is no escape route for him.
This is the very reason he came on the face of the Earth: and that is to suffer.
so that out of his great suffering may arise great salvation.
He is praying and pondering if the cup of suffering should pass away(Luke 22:46- "Father if it be thy will let this cup pass away .....") but then on the other extreme he fully understands that it's the will of God for him to suffer.
The word Gethsemane translates to mean "a pressing place".
It's called a pressing place because this was where the olives would be pressed inorder to produce oil.
Oil was never produced until it was exposed to a distressing and depressing impact for certain amounts of Time.
They is some capacity and potentials that will never come out of your life until you battle with distress and depression and come out alive.
According to the great philosopher by the names of Rolla may," distress is the premise upon which creativity thrives.
As much as the ground for great innovation".
Presently the entire world is going through a depression and a distress due to a pandemic ensuing at a level that is unprecedented.
Uncertain is the air that is being breathed in the course of this great pandemic of modern times.
No body seems to understand what tomorrow will bring.
However we need to quickly accept that at the back of this pandemic God is doing a great work.
A work that will leave the world in a different shape and in another form.
It's distressing and depressing but it's the will of God.
And if we can fully embrace the will of God for the hour and the season then shall the world be quickly delivered from depression and distress.
In Matthew 26:42 Jesus prayed the second time and said," My Father , if it is not possible for this cup to be taken away unless I drink it, let thy will be done,"
The moment Jesus declared," let thy will be done"; then did he got the character and the strength to endure and eveñtually overcome the suffering of the cross.
On the 18th of may 2020 during a conversation with his son, Mr. Vegas( renowned dance hall Deejay) was asked by his son- charter," When will corona virus go away?"
Surprised but not shocked Mr. Vegas responded to his son- charter that he should pose the question to God instead.
In grandiose style and child- like confidence charter asked God," when will corona virus go away"?
In utter dismay to Charter; God's response was total silence.
For the second time charter asked God," when will corona virus go away so that I can kick it at the beach again?
And yet still God's response to Charter was total silence.
This was not the first time God gives a silence response to a given probe.
Because even in the Garden of Gethsemane Jesus asked three separate times ,"Father if it be thy will let this cup (of suffering) pass away "and God responded with total silence towards his very own son Jesus.
Even though in Luke 22-43 it's recorded that an angle appeared from heaven to equip Jesus with the endurance to bear the cup of suffering that was to emerge from the experience crucifixion.
The response of total silence to any given probe denotes that God is carrying out his will and when he is done executing his will then the probing one will get an answer when he gets it.
In the course of doing his will upon the face of the Earth the full scope of his operation does not come to human understanding till God is done achieving his will.
Much akin to a painter who does not respond to the question of what is it that he is painting because the painter understands that people will get to know what he is painting at the end of the full picture.
When will corona virus go away?
Corona virus will go away when it goes away.
The specifics and the details in relationship to the day and time that God will achieve his will upon the face of the Earth lay in the end of the task.
In addition, the silence of God is a simple divine call from God towards man to endure the immutable will of God upon the face of the Earth.
The Divine silence of God is a premise and a platform for building endurance and patience as we wait for an answer from God amidst him executing his will upon the face of God.
When will the will of God be done?
The will of God will be done when it will be done.
The emphasis by God is never on the time and day when it will all come to an end but rather the emphasis is on the execution of the task.
The timeline of the task is of less importance but rather the significance is laid on the task and it's purpose by the very nature of God.
By the cheer lack of knowledge and understanding in regards to the will of God (desire of God) upon the face of the Earth men focus on the timeline.
This is so because once the desire of God has been set in motion it sort of holds the desire of men at Bay.
Why is the desire of men held at Bay once the desire of God is set in motion?
Because the desire of God and the desire of men are both antithetical.
What man desires is not innately in perfect harmony with the desires of God.
The vision and the desire as much as the will of man maybe to expand the territorial domination of the corporate church building.
While on the other hand the desire and the will of God may be to perfect the individual church in terms of spiritual growth and in the faith.
Mankind wants to go back to the routine but the routine of mankind has been paused in the event that God is excuting his will upon the face of the Earth.
Immediately after the crucifixion of Jesus Christ mankind was transformed because now the great divide that separated mankind from God was bridges by the death and the resurrection of our Lord and savior-Jesus Christ.
Consequently every now and ; then God pauses the routine of mankind inorder to execute his will upon the face of the Earth ; then it means that life as we have always known it is about to take on a new shape and a new strange form.
