Mark 14:43-52

Mark 14:43-52

Nothing that happened in the garden at the time of Jesus' arrest was a moment conceived in itself. Every event is the birth from a conception and that occurred earlier and is in itself a moment of conception for future events. The Lord's arrest was the birth of the conception from the past. The priests’ commitment to maintain power was the moment of conception the arrest was the birth. Judas' bitterness and hard heart was the moment of conception the kiss and greeting of love and respect as betrayal was the birth. Peter’s attempt to use worldly force to prevent God's plan was the moment of birth following the moment of conception of not watching and praying.

This moment for us is a moment of conception and in the future, perhaps hours, or days, or years, from now this moment will give birth to a thought and action or a deed. That is why every moment must be guarded. Every moment must be protected. It is in this moment we allow a sinful thought or agenda to conceive it's will and in a future moment give birth to a death-dealing moment. But the opposite is true that if in this moment we conceive acts of righteousness and holiness it will give birth to a life closer to God in the future. Life is not a string of events isolated from each other. They happened one after another, but every moment is the birth from a former conception and every moment is a conception of a future birth. My present moment is the birth of my past conception, my present moment is a future birth of the rest of my life.

"Lord, help me so that every moment will be the instant of the conception of righteousness. AMEN"