Jesus wants us all to have willing spirits to obey Him. He knows that days can get long, every dreary. He knows that circumstances can send us straight to trusting our own strength. He knows that our wisdom is not His wisdom—and we often revert to the former. But what of the spirit of a man? We are in the hands and safeguarding of Jesus.

Jesus is the all in all of our lives and of our days. He is the one we trust in at all times when we depend on the gifts and increases of faith that He gives. We must—I think!—remember that Jesus is a Person. We pray to the Word made flesh, and we can trust His Word to lead us to the Person of Jesus. If we really know that—and we do even if our belief is faulty—then we know that there is more in us than we realize. There is more in us than we know. And there is more in us than we sense. For Jesus has given us the Holy Spirit (John 14:17).

It’s a sweet prayer to say that our spirits are willing when our flesh is weak. A very sweet prayer indeed, but what’s most important is to first recall that Jesus keep us, that Jesus preserves us. He’s able to do so, and He’s willing to do so. No matter what, Jesus longs for us to be dependent upon Him, every step of our lives. Where are you, my God? My soul cries it. And He answers: He makes me willing to hold fast to Him in faith when the flesh is weak.