Spirit Led

"I do  not pray for these alone, but also for those who will believe in Me through their word; that they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me.  And the glory which You gave Me I have given them, that they may be onne just we We are one: I in them, and You in Me; that they may be made perfect inn one, and that the world may know that You have sent Me, and have loved them as You have loved Me."
John 17: 20-23 NKJV

I had always seen Jesus' prayer in the garden of Gethsemene as one of anguish and conflict.  Here was the very Son of the living God facing his ultimate death at the hands of those who hated Him.  As Jesus prayed, we see the appearance of His physical flesh, His humanity, coming through.  It is here that Jesus asks His Father to "Take this cup from me."  Obviously, Jesus knew what lay ahead of Him and, being fully man as well as God, felt the tug of His flesh as he faced His destiny.  This is the very reaction we would have if we were in His place.  However, this was no ordinary man.  For Jesus knew that path that He had to take.  That doesn't mean that, from time to time, His human flesh would not come through.  In scripture, we see a few instances where the human side of Jesus came through.  However, He was always aware of His true calling.

"For the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me, and have believed that I came forth from God.  I came forth from the Father and have come into the world.  Again, I leave the world and go to the Father."
John 16: 27-28 NKJV

I believe that we make a mistake when we see Jesus as only the Son of God as he walked among us.  No, He was much more than that.  Yes, Jesus had the indwelling spirit of the Father in Him, but He had our flesh as well.  For Jesus to become sin on our behalf, He also needed to become that which makes us who we are.  Not only was Jesus God, but He was also flesh.  Some refer to this as Jesus' earthly "vessel" which I believe describes it pretty well.  For it was His body that held Gods indwelling spirit.  Fully God, yet fully man.  Even though we see the "flesh" nature of Jesus come through from time to time, there can be no doubt that He was ultimately led by His Fathers spirit.

~Scott~