“Thy Will Be Done”

 

The Lord has convicted me to write a series on the Lord’s prayer….

And as I began to pray and read scripture, it was not at all what I thought it would be.

 

And so I write from a point of humility and open this writing in a prayer:

 

Lord-

Teach me—teach us—about prayer.  

Teach us how to pray.

Teach us how to live.

Teach us how to walk out the call.

Teach us.

 

So here goes……

 

From a hillside in the middle of the night, Jesus was at the moment of truth.

 

He knew it was time.

 

Men were coming to apprehend Him.

He had been betrayed.

They were coming to accuse Him.

And soon the sins of the world were going to be put on Him.

 

Being fully man—-He felt what all of us would feel.  

Fear

Indecision

Rejection

Betrayal

 

He was not exempt from these–nor any other–human emotion.

 

And He was tempted….

To run.

To wash His hands of the whole thing.

To abort the mission.

 

Luke 22 39 Jesus went out as usual to the Mount of Olives, and his disciples followed him. 40 On reaching the place, he said to them, “Pray that you will not fall into temptation.” 41 He withdrew about a stone’s throw beyond them, knelt down and prayed, 42 “Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done.” 43 An angel from heaven appeared to him and strengthened him. 44 And being in anguish, He prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground.

 

In a couple of words, He changed my eternity.  He changed your eternity. He changed all of eternity.

 

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

 

“Thy Will Be Done”

 

Thy Will Be Done:  “I’m not here to do what I want, but what you want.”

 

When we say it in the Lord’s prayer—what are we saying?  Are we saying it like Jesus did? Do we know what we are saying?

 

Toughen up.

 

He stood up and faced His oppressors, took our sins, and was punished as a hardened criminal in the most humiliating fashion.

 

He watched as men cowered away in the middle of the night and left Him in His time of greatest need.

 

And He stayed on that cross until He had completed the mission, looking skyward and saying:  “It is PAID IN FULL”

 

And He did it so that we can say to Him:

“Thy Will Be Done”

To follow Jesus is simple—but it’s not easy.

It is a free gift—but we must OPEN it.

It is a chance to be born anew—but we must RECEIVE it.

 

Take a moment to say the Lord’s Prayer….or listen to this song and sing it out in worship.  He will take whatever you’ve got.  And remember what you are saying when you say:  “Thy Will Be Done”.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eIVSWdBaTE

 

In The Name of the Father and the

Son and the Holy Spirit.  Amen.

 

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Coach J