THE SLEEP OF THE APOSTLE AND DISCIPLE.

IOI CHRISTIAN MORNING MEAL

TOPIC: THE SLEEP OF THE APOSTLE AND DISCIPLE.

The sleep of the apostle and the sleep of the disciple: What is the nature of the sleep of the disciples? It is the sleep of weariness.

Mark 14:37 says, and he cometh, and findeth them sleeping, and saith unto Peter, Simon, sleepest thou? Couldest not thou watch one hour?

He first called him Peter and later called him Simon. There is a difference between the two names. Peter means rock while Simon means reed.
Anytime Peter began to do a slow motion in the Bible, Jesus would not call him Peter, He would say Simon. And when he was doing well, He would call him Peter.

When Peter left Jesus and began to fish after the resurrection, Jesus said, Simon son of Jonah lovest thou me?
Here He called him Simon which means a reed, somebody who shakes here and there. Simon, sleepest thou? Couldest not thou watch one hour?
That is, could you not do one-hour night vigil?

There are many people like that. The only night vigil they do effectively with minimal sleep may be the ones organised by the church. Such people are deceiving themselves. When you cannot sit down and do a personal vigil for at least one hour, you are sleeping the sleep of the disciple.

Jesus asked His disciples to pray for danger was coming. The betrayal was to come that night and soldiers were coming. Perhaps if Peter had prayed that one hour prayer, he would not have denied the Lord. When danger came, they stood up and were wide awake but that could not help the situation. I pray that you will not wake up when it is too late.

Today, people are exhausted and weighed down, and their senses are numb spiritually. There is need to be watchful, for the enemy will attack when we least expect. While righteous men sleep, the enemy does not sleep.
The Bible says, be sober, be vigilant for the devil, your adversary walketh about seeking whom he may devour. Evil lurks in every corner when the righteous people are weary. The disciples slept the sleep of weariness and we see where it landed them.
My question is are you too not sleeping this kind of sleep?

LET US PRAY
EVERY EVERY ATTACK OF THE ENEMY ON YOU IS CASTOUT NOW AND YOU ARE SET FREE IN JESUS NAME.

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