Jesus left the upper room with his disciples and, as was His habit, went to the Mount of Olives, His place of secret prayer. There He told the apostles, “Keep praying for strength to be spared from the severe test of your faith that is about to come.”
Then He withdrew from them a short distance to be alone. Kneeling down, He prayed, “Father, if you are willing, take this cup of agony away from me. But no matter what your will must be mine.”
Jesus called for an angel of glory to strengthen Him, and the angel appeared. He prayed even more passionately, like one being sacrificed until He was in such intense agony of spirit that His sweat became drops of blood, dripping onto the ground. When Jesus finished praying, He got up and went to His disciples and found them all asleep, for they were exhausted and overwhelmed with sorrow. (Luke 22:39-45, TPT)
When relief from the life’s burdens doesn’t come, can you always say: “Yet your will be done.”
1. Yield
to God’s will.
“Yielding your inner life to God
will empower you to live the kind of outer life that honors the Lord and
blesses others.” (Jim George)
2.
Endure with God’s
strength and other’s endurance.
“I do not
pray for a lighter load, but for a stronger back.” (Phillips Brooks)
3.
Take it again and
again to your Heavenly Father in prayer.
“God is everywhere so pray
anywhere.” (Anonymous)
“Only
if you are willing to pray sincerely for God's will to be done and are willing
to live the life apportioned to you will you see the breathtaking view of God
that He wants you to have, through the windows He has placed in your life. You cannot always live on the mountaintop, but
when you walk through the valley, the memory of the view from the mountain will
sustain you and give you the strength to carry you through.” (Ravi Zacharias)[i]
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