Surrender

Surrender

The night before His crucifixion, while in the garden of Gethsemane, Jesus prayed: “Father, if it is Your will, take this cup away from Me; nevertheless not My will, but Yours, be done” (Luke 22:42). Our Lord was to accept this cup, which symbolized His going to the cross to take the sins of the world upon Himself—including your sins and my sins. He knew this would be agonizing beyond words, and yet He chose to accept His Father’s plan above His own. Friend, have you come to this place in prayer? Can you say, like Jesus, “Your will be done God, not mine.” Because when we can honestly pray like this, we find the greatest freedom in the world—the freedom that comes from surrender. Now that’s something to pray about!