Matthew 26:39 Going a little farther, He fell with His
face to the ground and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be
taken from Me. Yet not as I will, but as you will.”
I don’t know about you but sometimes I am at a complete loss
to know the best way to pray about some things. I may know what I would like to
see the outcome be but that doesn’t mean that my prayer isn’t colored by my
personal preferences, making it a pale shade of selfish. Other times I am
completely bamboozled and befuddled by the complexities of the situation to the
point of total ignorance on how to pray over it.
It is in those times I am eternally thankful Jesus gave the
perfect example in seeking God when He prayed, “Yet not as I will, but as you will.”
I have thrown up my hands in submission and simple cried out, “Your will be
done!” Not very eloquent, granted, but as pure and honest a prayer as I know
how to offer.
I learned a long time ago that God has a Big Picture I
cannot see or imagine. In my mind it is a tapestry of many rich colors and
textures woven with such detail a human eye cannot fathom. Me and my life are
but a tiny piece of thread in this magnificent tapestry. I do not even know
what color my thread is, much less how it fits into His picture. Who, then, am
I to want something other than His will for any situation? It seems foolish to
even try to ask for something other than His perfect plan.
I have a theory that when people pray and their prayers aren’t
answered in a way they wanted, they think their prayers aren’t answered at all.
Seems the only answer they are open to is the one they want. This opens a door
of doubt in their hearts wondering why God wasn’t listening to them. The Lord
doesn’t always let us know the outcome of certain prayers because there are
things that He knows but we can’t handle or understand at the time. His Big
Picture vision is 20/20.
He gives us the opportunity to trust in His will and
judgment. Even so, if we should disagree with His answer, or if His answer
doesn’t fit our desire, the enemy will use that breech in our fellowship to
bring in the betrayer. You will know he has arrived if you find very little or
no desire to pray. The enemy oozes in and dances around spreading doubt. We
have all experienced times when the desire to pray seems distant after a perceived
unanswered prayer. In our arrogance we have assumed our prayer was the only right
solution. No Big Picture vision going on there!
Going a little farther, He fell with His face to the
ground and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from
Me. Yet not as I will, but as you will.”
I can’t wait to see God’s Big Picture tapestry when I move beyond this side of Heaven. I know it will all make sense to my finite mind then!
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