Then he came to the disciples and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, "What? Could you not watch with Me one hour"?
"Watch and pray , lest you enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak"
Matthew 26:40-41
The Apostle Paul describes this same battle between the Spirit and the flesh in Galatians 5:16-18. The Spirit and the flesh are diametrically opposed to one another. The result is a fierce and unrelenting conflict within Christians in which they cannot be victorious by their own strength.
Watching and praying is essential for victorious living for the Christians. When we pray and crucify the deeds and lust of the flesh the Holy Spirit helps us to wake up, rise above temptation.
The word flesh (sarx-sarks) in the Greek has several applications. In Matthew 26:41 it has an ethical and spiritual reference to the lower nature of a person, the seat and vehicle of sinful desires.
The Spirit is willing but the flesh is weak, watch and pray , watch and pray.
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