By Yvette van
Niekerk – from Daily Devotional Ebenezer
June 18
Matthew 26: 36
(AMP)
36 "Then Jesus went with them to a place
called Gethsemane, and He told His disciples, Sit down here while I go over
yonder and pray."
The word
"Gethsemane" means crushed olives. What is the result of crushed
olives? It forms oil that heals and nourishes and can illuminate. There were
really trying times in my life as a young woman and the tears would spill over
my face constantly. I would be crying for help and praying for an answer which
seemed to never come. I found that the people in my own life couldn't
comprehend or understand the pain I was facing, and they could only look at me
without any help.
I found that in my most
crushing time I could only wait on the Lord God, no one could help me. I felt
the full weight of God's will in my life. When you are in your Gethsemane,
don't give up, keep on praying and wait on the Lord God. It isn't possible for
others to help you; only God can.
Prayer
Lord, as our
daddies and fathers on earth normally face difficult circumstances, let them
embrace You so that the "oil" they produce will be a blessing in our
lives. Amen
Yvette van Niekerk
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