Today’s Bible Reading:
Genesis 27; Matthew 26; Esther 3; Acts 26: Proverbs 26
I came to the Garden of Gethsemane in my reading this morning. On the night He was betrayed by Judas, Jesus goes into the garden to pray. I know the words well, I have often prayed them myself when facing life’s most difficult moments. “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; yet not as I will, but as You will.” -Matthew 26:39b, NASB. What I am noticing this morning are the words Jesus spoke when He returned to pray the second time after finding the disciples sleeping instead of keeping watch with Him. “My Father, if this cannot pass away unless I drink it, Your will be done.” (v. 42b) There is something even more powerful in those words, more of a relinquishing of any right over one’s own life. I am not sure I am quite there yet with a certain situation. But I need to be. After a year perhaps it is time to stop pleading with God to “please let this cup pass from me.” Perhaps it is time to stop saying the words, “not as my will, but as You will.” All the while really hoping that His will is not different from mine-that is not quite submission to God’s will. Perhaps it is time I start really praying, “Your will be done-even if it means drinking this cup.”
Grace, peace, and mercy,
Debra
Genesis 27; Matthew 26; Esther 3; Acts 26: Proverbs 26
I came to the Garden of Gethsemane in my reading this morning. On the night He was betrayed by Judas, Jesus goes into the garden to pray. I know the words well, I have often prayed them myself when facing life’s most difficult moments. “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; yet not as I will, but as You will.” -Matthew 26:39b, NASB. What I am noticing this morning are the words Jesus spoke when He returned to pray the second time after finding the disciples sleeping instead of keeping watch with Him. “My Father, if this cannot pass away unless I drink it, Your will be done.” (v. 42b) There is something even more powerful in those words, more of a relinquishing of any right over one’s own life. I am not sure I am quite there yet with a certain situation. But I need to be. After a year perhaps it is time to stop pleading with God to “please let this cup pass from me.” Perhaps it is time to stop saying the words, “not as my will, but as You will.” All the while really hoping that His will is not different from mine-that is not quite submission to God’s will. Perhaps it is time I start really praying, “Your will be done-even if it means drinking this cup.”
Grace, peace, and mercy,
Debra
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