Not My Will

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Today's Devotional - June 5

Not My Will

Father, if it is Your will, take this cup away from Me; nevertheless not My will, but Yours, be done.
Luke 22:42

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One of the hardest human challenges is to submit. It begins when toddlers learn to obey their parents when they want to say, "No!" As children of God, we live with that challenge all our life -- submitting our will to the will of the Father when all we can think of is "Why?"

When the prophet Daniel was a captive in Babylon, he read from the prophet Jeremiah that Israel's exile would last 70 years (Daniel 9:2; Jeremiah 25:11). And so Daniel turned to God in prayer to pray in accordance with the will of God. He didn't complain or protest that Israel was in captivity. Rather, in humility, he agreed with God that Israel deserved to be there (Daniel 9:1-19). Daniel displayed humility (verse 3), worship (verse 4), confession (verses 5-15), and petition (verses 16-19). Yes, he asked for the captivity to end. But he couched his request in submission to God's will -- just as Jesus did in the most difficult moment of His life: "…not My will, but Yours, be done" (Luke 22:42).

If you wish God's will for your life were different right now, before asking for it to be different, agree with God that His will is worth submitting to.

The essence of sin is arrogance; the essence of salvation is submission.
Alan Redpath

Read-thru-the-Bible
Job 39-42