Fresh Bread March 6: Not My Will

Thursday, March 6, 2008

He went on a little farther and bowed with his face to the ground, praying, “My Father! If it is possible, let this cup of suffering be taken away from me. Yet I want your WILL to be done, not mine.” (Matthew 26:39, New Living Translation)

The Greek definitions for this word “WILL” are as follows: Choice, Purpose, Pleasure, Desire, Preference, Inclination, Wish, Intention, and Determination.

Jesus prays, “My Father! If it is possible, let this cup of suffering be taken away from me. Yet, I want Your Choice, Purpose, Pleasure, Desire, Preference, Inclination, Wish, Intention, and what You’ve Determined to be done in my life, not mine.”

May we too go a little farther in our walk with God by making this same prayer the focus of our consecration to Him.