"Then He returned to His disciples and found them sleeping. 'Simon,' he said,'are you asleep? Could ypu not keep watch for one more hour?'"
Jesus narrated several parables about waiting and keeping watch. the most well-known is The Parable of the Ten Virgins".
Jesus asks us to also keep watch. It is not for a very long time, just "an hour". of course we do not know how long that "hour" really is but the point is we should stay awake, be alert, keep watch for His coming.
Just before this, Peter and his friends stoutly insisted that they would not disown Jesus when the time came. They knew of the plot of the Pharisees to have Jesus arrested. Yet when Jesus went to pray in the Garden of gethsemane, they were not able to guard Him properly. They fell asleep!
Lord, please strengthen me with Your strength so that I will be alert and keep watch for Your coming.
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