He Was Heard Because Of His Godly Fear

"He was heard in that he feared."   [Hebrews 5:7]

Did this fear arise from the infernal suggestion that he was utterly forsaken. There may be sterner trials than this, but surely it is one of the worst to be utterly forsaken? “See,” said Satan, “you have a friend nowhere! Your Father has shut up the bowels of his compassion against you. Not an angel in his courts will stretch out his hand to help you. All heaven is alienated from you; you are left alone. See the companions with whom you have taken sweet counsel, what are they worth? Son of Mary, see there your brother James, see there your loved disciple John, and your bold apostle Peter, how the cowards sleep when you are in your sufferings! Lo! You have no friend left in heaven or earth. All hell is against you. I have stirred up mine infernal den. I have sent my missives throughout all regions summoning every prince of darkness to set upon you this night, and we will spare no arrows, we will use all our infernal might to overwhelm you: and what will you do, you solitary one?” It may be, this was the temptation; we think it was, because the appearance of an angel unto him strengthening him removed that fear. He was heard in that he feared; he was no more alone, but heaven was with him. It maybe that this is the reason of his coming three times to his disciples—as Hart puts it—“Backwards and forwards thrice he ran, As if he sought some help from man.”  He would see for himself whether it were really true that all men had forsaken him; he found them all asleep; but perhaps he gained some faint comfort from the thought that they were sleeping, not from treachery, but from sorrow [Luk 22:46], the spirit indeed was willing, but the flesh was weak [Mat.26:41]. At any rate, he was heard in that he feared. Jesus was heard in his deepest woe; my soul, you shall be heard also. Hallelujah, God bless