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Abba,
Father, everything is possible for you.
Take
this cup from me.
Yet
not what I will, but what you will.
Mark
14:36 (NIV)
Jesus is in the garden of Gethsemane. He separated
Himself from the disciples. He chose to humble Himself and seek His Father’s
will.
Jesus did not think of Himself. He turned to God and
relinquished His control over the events that lay before Him. He did that for
you and me, so we could be in heaven with Him when He calls us home.
In our lives, we must remember that we are not the ones in
control of our lives. Yes, there are certain things we may have a say in, where we
live, who we marry, what kind of car we may drive, and where we worship God.
There are other areas of our lives that only God knows about when we are born,
when we die, the color of our eyes, our gender.
When we allow God’s will to control our lives, we are at
peace with Him, with ourselves and with one another. We experience Jesus’s
peace. He gives us a peace that is different from what the world offers.
For us to find Jesus’ peace for our hearts, we have to
ask His forgiveness for sin- the world’s offenses, our nation’s transgressions,
and our personal ‘missing the mark.’
During Lent, we find ourselves focusing on our
relationship with Jesus, on the fact that we are sinners, on His grace, and
what He did for us—He gave his life that we may be deemed worthy to spend
eternity with Him in heaven.
"Not my will, but THY will be done"...how often we recite that verse in the Lord's Prayer, but do we really mean it and believe it? I think about it every time, as that is what I have learned is best for me...God's will, not my will. I may not always like it, but God does know best!! Great post today. Sorry I am late getting here.
ReplyDeletePam: No problem about getting here late. As children of God, we often have to relinquish our plans for His and even sometimes for others.
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