Read Luke 22:39-46

JESUS AGONIZES IN THE GARDEN
The Mount of Olives was located just to the East of Jerusalem. Jesus went to the southwestern slope to an olive grove called Gethsemane, which means “oil press.”
Jesus asked the disciples to pray that they would not fall into temptation because He knew that He would soon be leaving them. Jesus also knew they would need extra strength to face the temptations ahead. They were about to see Jesus die. Would they still think He was the Messiah? The disciples’ strongest temptation would undoubtedly be to think they had been deceived.
Was Jesus trying to get out of His mission? It is never wrong to express your true feelings to God. Jesus exposed His dread ot the coming trials, but He also reaffirmed His commitment to do what God wanted. The cup He spoke of meant the terrible agony He knew He would endure: the horror of the crucifixion, and worse, the total separation from God that He would have to experience in order to die for the sins of the world.
Jesus was in extreme agony, but He did not give up or give in. He went ahead with the mission for which He had come.
The disciples fell asleep. How tragic it is that many Christians act as if they are sound asleep when it comes to devotion to Christ and service for Him. Don’t be found insensitive to or unprepared for Christ’s work.