What a powerful few verses this morning, Jesus is called upon by the guards, with the help of Judas, and verse 11 really struck me this morning, it reads:

So Jesus said to Peter, “Put your sword into its sheath; shall I not drink the cup that the Father has given me?”

What really strikes me about this verse is how certain Jesus is about his calling. Jesus has the courage, and the clarity, just like David in the cave when being chased by Saul, to give himself over to the situation, and to allow things to play out in their natural way.  David could’ve easily murdered Saul in such a vulnerable position in the cave; similarly, Jesus could’ve taken the situation into his own hands and avoided what was to come. However, both had clarity as it relates to their calling.

It seems to me that sometimes our individual calling may seem crazy to others. It doesn’t make a ton of sense in David’s case, and only in hindsight does it make sense in Jesus’ case, to allow things to play out. In the moment it surely seems crazy to anyone looking on.  But that’s the thing, it doesn’t have to make sense to the onlookers, only to the individual that God is called.

For today, for me, the prayer is that I would have the kind of clarity and fortitude around my calling that Jesus has here, that David had in his time, and that the only thing that would matter for me is God‘s directive.