“…But please, not what I want.  What do you want?” - Luke 22:42 (The Message)

 

It’s so amazing to me that Jesus, the Son of God would ever pray this kind of prayer.  I mean, He is God.  Yet, Jesus teaches us an important lesson on surrendering our will to the will of the Father.  Jesus could have given up at any time; He could of decided not to go through the suffering, torture and death.  But He wanted to do what God the Father wanted, not what He wanted.

Here is where we make our mistake.  We live our lives to please ourselves.  Your life is not all about you.  Sorry to burst your bubble!  There’s a bigger picture that we’re not seeing.  Everything that you go through in life has to do with the bigger picture.  The moment something bad comes our way, we start crying, complaining and speaking bad about God, life and just about everything and everyone.  Instead of asking God “what do you want?”, we do whatever we think is best.  Jesus didn’t do what He wanted, He did what the Father wanted.  There was a bigger picture and more lives at stake than His.

Can you imagine what would of happened if Jesus never had gone to the cross?  Where would we be?  His surrender to God’s will made a difference that affected forever our lives and everyone else’s.  You will never know how your decision to surrender to God’s way, will affect everyone around you.  Your “Yes!” to God can mean a whole lot to your family and friends.  But you will never know until you ask, “God, what do you want?”  What is amazing is that in verse 43 the Bible says, “At once an angel from heaven was at his side, strengthening him.”  Immediately after Jesus made His decision, an angel came to strengthen Him.  Your help is only a decision away! You can turn down God’s help by doing things your way.  And in verse 44 it says, “He prayed on all the harder…”  He got His breakthrough.

His circumstances didn’t change, but He knew His outcome was going to be victory for Himself, God and the entire human race.  Your perspectives changes.  It’s no longer just about you anymore; you begin to see the bigger picture.  Even if your situation doesn’t change, even if everything seems impossible, God will never allow you to stay there.  There will be a day where His power will come upon you and you will be able to rise from that situation with power and glory.  Jesus did.  You will overcome whatever comes your way.

Begin to step into victory by asking God, “What do you want?”

 

 

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