“You will be scattered, each to his own, and will leave Me alone” (John 16:28)  

Christ was alone with the Father when He faced His darkest hour. He left most of the disciples on the edge of the Garden of Gethsemane, and brought only Peter, James and John to the secluded spot where He told them, "My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Stay here and watch with Me. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak”. Going on little further, He fell on His face, and prayed, “O My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as You will”. It was there Christ confirmed the eternal covenant that purchased eternal redemption for mankind. 

 After a while, He checked up on His 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”. This happened two more times, with the same result. (Matthew 26:36-41). Christ gave Peter, James and John a gift that would help them the rest of their lives. They must have remembered what He said when dealing with guilt. “The Father has not left Me alone, for I always do those things that please Him" (John 8:28). You will know God is with you in your suffering if you obey Him. 

 The writer of Hebrews gives us an insight as to what happened that night: “In the days of His flesh, when He had offered up prayers and supplications ... though He was a Son, yet He learned obedience by the things which He suffered. And having been perfected, He became the author of eternal salvation to all who obey Him” (Hebrews 5:7-9). 

 We’re all called, like Peter, James and John, to have fellowship with the sufferings of Christ, to “know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death” (Philippians 3:10). But our suffering is nothing compared to our Savior's unknown sufferings for mankind. As Isaac Watts wrote, "And all the unknown joys He gives, Were bought with agonies unknown."