Luke 22:42
The night was as dark as the ice which the headlights on my car failed to help me see. I rounded the corner and spun out of control into the other lane. Sliding sideways, all I saw were the headlights of the other car bearing down on me. God answered a desperate prayer and just before impact the tires hit a patch of dry ground and the car shot into the brush filled ditch. The car was a mess, but I was safe so I could tell others how God spared my life.
When we pray what do we pray for? The situations of life often cause us to not hear God’s perspective and desired action. We often find our selves in a crisis and call out to God or we do not pray because life seems to be fine. In the garden Jesus prayed but His perspective was different. He prayed for the Father’s will. God’s will is expressed in His gracious disposition to accomplish His desire. God’s desire is to seek and save the lost, which is why Jesus came to earth (Luke 19:10).
In the verse we are looking at today, Jesus made a request to remove the coming events of suffering. This is Jesus displaying His humanity. In this request we also see His deity. He asks the Father if He is willing. As people this is often uncommon because we often come requesting our will from our perspective. God’s will may not be humanly easy but it accomplished through the power of God. Jesus humbly submitted to the Father’s will to be accomplished through His life. The submission of Jesus allowed God’s grace to be displayed for all to see, even us today.
There are several lessons from this verse for us today. First, God’s will may not be humanly easy. In His humanity Jesus knew that the suffering and the cross would not be easy, yet in His deity He knew that it was necessary for salvation to be accomplished. Second, God is honored through our lives as we submit to His will. If we believe that God is sovereign, then we also know that God knows what He is doing to accomplish His plan. God will work through our lives to bring about an outcome that will honor Him. Third. God’s will is to allow His grace to be seen through us. We, as undeserving as we are, honor God by submitting to His work in our lives and through our lives. His work through us allows others to see the His gracious hand at work in us inviting others to experience His grace for themselves. Fourth, God will always accomplish His will through His power. He will not fail. We can always trust His power and His grace.
The night was as dark as the ice which the headlights on my car failed to help me see. I rounded the corner and spun out of control into the other lane. Sliding sideways, all I saw were the headlights of the other car bearing down on me. God answered a desperate prayer and just before impact the tires hit a patch of dry ground and the car shot into the brush filled ditch. The car was a mess, but I was safe so I could tell others how God spared my life.
When we pray what do we pray for? The situations of life often cause us to not hear God’s perspective and desired action. We often find our selves in a crisis and call out to God or we do not pray because life seems to be fine. In the garden Jesus prayed but His perspective was different. He prayed for the Father’s will. God’s will is expressed in His gracious disposition to accomplish His desire. God’s desire is to seek and save the lost, which is why Jesus came to earth (Luke 19:10).
In the verse we are looking at today, Jesus made a request to remove the coming events of suffering. This is Jesus displaying His humanity. In this request we also see His deity. He asks the Father if He is willing. As people this is often uncommon because we often come requesting our will from our perspective. God’s will may not be humanly easy but it accomplished through the power of God. Jesus humbly submitted to the Father’s will to be accomplished through His life. The submission of Jesus allowed God’s grace to be displayed for all to see, even us today.
There are several lessons from this verse for us today. First, God’s will may not be humanly easy. In His humanity Jesus knew that the suffering and the cross would not be easy, yet in His deity He knew that it was necessary for salvation to be accomplished. Second, God is honored through our lives as we submit to His will. If we believe that God is sovereign, then we also know that God knows what He is doing to accomplish His plan. God will work through our lives to bring about an outcome that will honor Him. Third. God’s will is to allow His grace to be seen through us. We, as undeserving as we are, honor God by submitting to His work in our lives and through our lives. His work through us allows others to see the His gracious hand at work in us inviting others to experience His grace for themselves. Fourth, God will always accomplish His will through His power. He will not fail. We can always trust His power and His grace.
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