3月24日
标 题： 与神稍往前走
经 节： 祂就稍往前走，俯伏在地，祷告说：“倘若可行，便叫那时候过去。”（马可福音十四章35节）
有些基督徒仅以能与神维持肤浅的表面关系，就心满意足。有些人却企望与祂同在，享受圣洁的时光。耶稣在客西马尼园神圣祈祷的那一夜，人们对祂的反应各有不同。有些人对耶稣漠不关心，甚至没有察觉耶稣就在园里。犹大知道耶稣在那里，然而，他正处心积虑地要落实自己的计谋，带人捉拿耶稣。剩余的门徒虽然与耶稣同在园中，却分心睡着了。耶稣告诉他们时间的急迫性，但他们不能理解耶稣的话。彼得、雅各及约翰是耶稣最亲密的核心门徒。他们刚开始时与耶稣一同祈祷，只不过也没能把握住这重要的时刻。最后，耶稣孤零零地一人独自祷告。祂稍往前走，离开门徒一段距离，继续祷告。在这人类历史中最伟大的代祷时刻，居然没有人愿意与耶稣同去，与祂一起守望祷告。
在整个人类历史中，神找寻那些愿意奉献全部所有给祂和祂救赎世人计画的人。有时候，祂诧异居然没人愿意与祂同行（以赛亚书六十三：5，五十九：16）。先知们好像较能捉住问题的命脉，然而，当时的社会却继续前行，好像没啥问题一样。先知们为了神下一步行动而烦闷、哀哭。
神呼召你与祂进入更深的祷告生活。如果你愿意让耶稣带领你进入那最神圣的时刻，你将尝到的经验，是那一夜在客西马尼园只有天使与耶稣分享的经历。
Going
Farther with God
He
went a little farther, and fell on the ground, and prayed. (Mark 14:35)
Some Christians are satisfied to have only
a surface relationship with Christ. Others desire to share the holiest moments
with Him. On the night Jesus spent in sacred prayer in the Garden of
Gethsemane, the people responded to Him in various ways. There were those who
were so indifferent to Jesus that they were unaware He was even in the garden.
Then there was Judas, who knew where Jesus was but was too busy with his own
schemes to join Him. The rest of the disciples joined Jesus in the garden, but
they were distracted by sleep. Jesus told them the urgency of the hour, but
they did not comprehend it. There was the inner circle of disciples, Peter,
James, and John. They initially prayed with Jesus, yet even they could not
grasp the significance of the moment. Ultimately, Jesus prayed alone. He went
farther than His disciples and prayed longer. At the greatest moment of
intercession in human history, there was no one willing to go with Jesus and
watch with Him.
Throughout history God has looked for
those willing to yield everything to Him and His desire to redeem a world. At
times God has marveled that no one was willing to go with Him (Isa. 63:5;
59:16). The prophets seemed to grasp more than the common people, for while
society carried on as though nothing were wrong the prophets agonized and wept
over what they knew God was preparing to do.
God is calling you to go deeper in your
prayer life with Him. If you are willing to be the person Jesus can take with
Him into the most sacred moments, you will experience things only the angels
shared with Jesus in the garden that night.
