Not My Will

Matthew 26:39 "And He went a little farther, and fell on His face, and prayed saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt."

Prayer, one of the most personal forms of worship, when man is in holy communion with God. Too often many assume prayer is about us telling God what we think He should do. A time spent begging for God to give us things, and over look things we have done. But the truth is prayer is more about what God has to say to us. Prayer is to the spirit man what breathing is to the natural man.

In the garden Jesus prayed a prayer of submission. A prayer that was not about Him and what was best for Him, but a prayer that solely about the will of God." Not my will but thy will be done". How often do we pray that God's will be done with our life. We might pray that His will is done in our life, but what about His will being done with our life. A prayer of submission, to totally surrender to God that he might do with you as He will. Are you willing to go through all that is before you, in order to become and receive all that God has for you?

Here is Jesus on the last night of His life and He prays that God's will be done. It wasn't the beating, mocking, suffering and certain death that lay ahead, that Jesus agonized over, no for this purpose He came into the world, no Jesus agony was in the impending separation from the Father that was before Him. Yet He said not my will but thy will be done. Jesus prayed for total submission to the will of the Father that we might have our life. Will you pray to submit totally to the will of God that he might use you to save another?