Stay alert!

I love the Message Bible! I was reading the passage about Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane the other day. Remember how the disciples kept falling asleep when he asked them to watch and pray with him? In the Message Bible Jesus says to them, "There is a part of you that is eager, ready for anything in God. But there's another part that's as lazy as an old dog sleeping by the fire."

Oh my gosh, I love that! Doesn't that just describe us PERFECTLY. Part on fire for him; part lazy dog in front of the fire. Sometimes we beat ourselves up for being spiritually lazy. But God knows how we are. He tells us (in Matthew 26:40-41) to "Stay alert; be in prayer so you don't wander into temptation without even knowing that you are in danger."

Just like the lazy dog gets up, stretches, and shakes the laziness off, we can do the same thing and start talking with him. Our talks don't have to be long - or emotional - although they can be. I think I've told you that my biggest prayer lately is, "What do I say? What do I do?"