God is in control.

This weeks session is about the Arrest and Trial of Jesus from Matthew 26. The question that our Fuel lesson asks is one about betrayal, but I want to take you in a different direction.

In John 7:25-32 we find that Jesus is proclaiming himself to be the Christ. He is crying out that he has come from God, but the Jews do not know the one from whom Jesus came and seek to arrest Jesus. Verse 30 says, "So they were seeking to arrest him, but no one laid a hand on him, because his hour had not yet come." The Jewish leaders had sought to arrest Jesus 6 times (7:30, 32, 44; 8:20, 10:39, 11:57) but never succeeded. Why? Jesus time had not yet come. Jesus could not be arrested until it was time and God was in charge of the timetable. In Matthew 26 we see that Jesus' time had come. "The hour is at hand" (v.45). Jesus knew God's plan and knew that these plans were centered on the cross. Christ obeyed, even to the point of death, knowing his Father was in control.

In no matter what situation or circumstance we are called to obey and trust our Father (1 Cor. 10:13). God is faithful. God is in control.
I hope everyone is having a wonderful week and please let me know if you need anything.