Not My Will, but Yours Be Done

Luke 22:39~46

Jesus is in the Garden of Gethsemane at one of the lowest moments of His life here on earth.  He’s about to be betrayed and crucified.  But, He’s also about to become sin for us and experience the wrath of God, separation from the Father, so that in Christ we can be forgiven and be redeemed.  Separation from the Father was something Jesus did not want to experience.  So, in the Garden of Gethsemane Jesus is in distress and trouble, and in agony calls out to the Father to see if there’s another way to accomplish the will of Father.  Knowing that this is the only way for salvation and this is the Father’s will, Jesus prays “Yet not my will, but Yours Be Done.”  Are we willing to say the same thing to our Heavenly Father when His will in our lives seems challenging, difficult and even painful like it was for Jesus?