Not My Will

Matthew 22:41-42 He withdrew about a stone's throw beyond them, knelt down and prayed, 42"Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done."

Jesus prayed one of the most difficult if not thee most difficult prayers ever, "Not my will, but your be done." Especially in light of what was going to be coming and yet He prayed it. Was it selfish? No it was honest, it was Christ simply asking the Father to reveal a different way if there was one. I think to often I pray "Not your will but mine be done", expecting God to do whatever I ask. To often I come to Him with either 911 prayers or grocery lists seeking what I want. But Jesus with one short phrase gives us an attitude adjustment in seeing that prayer is not about what I want but about what God the Father wants and will do. Do I ever wish that God would answer my prayers the way I want, for sure, but I am thankful that at times He has not. If I truly believe that God is the beginning and the end, that He is all knowing, that He is all powerful, that He has my best in mind and will always take care of me, then do I have any right to pray selfishly. Am I not saying by my actions that those things are not true? Not my will, but yours be done needs to be a central theme of my prayer life as I seek to grow closer to God and to serve Him faithfully.

Father today may I lay down my will in order to see yours completed in me, may I lay down my will so that I might experience the blessing of following yours.