A Prayer for God’s Will!

 

Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done. 

~Luke 22:42

Less we forget, we need to always remember not to pray for us, God knows what we need, we need to pray to Him that His will be done like it says in Luke above. We always need to remember this, we are here to serve, we are made for God, to serve Him, and to do His will, pray for His will, accept His will be done. This is so important. 

Our Daily Bread talked today about God's will be done, how we need to pray for this, they said, "As a young believer in Jesus, I picked up my new devotional Bible and read a familiar Scripture: “Ask and it will be given to you” (Matthew 7:7). The commentary explained that what we really should be asking God for is our will to line up with His. By seeking for His will to be done, we would be assured that we’d receive what we asked for. That was a new concept for me, and I prayed for God’s will to be done in my life. Later that same day, I became surprisingly excited about a job opportunity I’d already turned down in my mind, and I was reminded about my prayer. Perhaps what I didn’t think I wanted was actually a part of God’s will for my life. I continued to pray and eventually accepted the job. In a much more profound and eternally significant moment, Jesus modeled this for us. Before His betrayal and arrest, which led to His crucifixion, He prayed: “Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done” (Luke 22:42). Christ’s prayer was filled with anguish and agony as He faced physical and emotional pain (v. 44). Yet He was still able to “earnestly” pray for God’s will to be done. God’s will in my life has become my ultimate prayer. This means I may desire things I don’t even know I want or need. The job I originally hadn’t wanted turned out to be the beginning of my journey in Christian publishing. Looking back, I believe God’s will was done."

I agree with this concept, we need to always pray and accept God's will be done. I say the St. Anthony Prayer each day, recall St. Anthony was know to whisper into the ear of Jesus our prayers, so I always say an alternative to this prayer that God lead me, guide me, and bring me where I need to be and always accept His will be done. We need to always pray that God's will be done in all we do and pray! He knows!