32. They went to a place called Gethsemane, and Jesus said to his disciples, "Sit here while I pray."
33. He took Peter, James and John along with him, and he began to be deeply distressed and troubled.
34. "My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death," he said to them. "Stay here and keep watch."
35. Going a little farther, he fell to the ground and prayed that if possible the hour might pass from him.
36. "Abba, Father," he said, "everything is possible for you. Take this cup from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will."
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What an honest prayer. Even the Son of God who is also a human confesses his feelings to God with complete honesty.
God knows everything about us and sometimes we act as if we are not afraid or think somethings are not worth mentioning to God during our prayers. Honesty builds trusts and I pray that I'll continue to be very honest to God in my prayers.
"Yet not what I will, but what you will...."Jesus knew that it would be possible for His father to take this cup from Him, but He trusted Him wholeheartedly and obeyed Him to the point of death on the cross. Similarly,I pray that His will be done in my life every day, though I might not know what it is. I pray that I will stay awake in my prayer life so that I can really listen to the voice and direction of God. I really hope that His will be done in my life each and every single day, and that I may obey Him. Amen
given how christians usually ask each other to pray for each other, it's interesting that jesus doesn't share any prayer requests with the disciples in this extraordinary time of need. rather jesus is explicit in wanting to pray on his own to God. this seems to underscores jesus' unique position as the son of God. it's concerning to notice how naive but self-interested we christians can be sometimes when when we try to humanize jesus too much (like by asking "what would jesus do?") in order to comprehend and relate to his profound status.
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