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How does Jesus’ prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane reveal His utter dependence on the Father? What can you learn from this prayer and how can you apply it to your life during times of suffering?
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Jesus perfectly listened to, and carried out, what the Father said. Jesus, as personal Savior and my Lord, says, “If you love Me, then you will follow Me, do what I tell you.” This means, whatever the situation, as a disciple, it must be THY WILL BE DONE. I thank Him for such grace and mercy to do this.
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Jesus’ humanity is facing the ultimate test, death. He, i His humanity, asks God, the Father, to let the cup pass, if it be His will. Yet, obediently, He accepts the fact that He has to pay the heavy price for all our sins. It is intimate, to the point of sweating blood drops – oh, that I may gain insight into such deep, sincere devotion when praying to God, the Father and Jesus. That, I believe, is a true realization and exercising of true faith.
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Jesus prays for God’s will over his own. This is huge. How many times do we wine and complain that things do not go our way? Jesus does not do this he willingly accepts God’s plan knowing the consequences.
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Jesus was not asking God to not do what He needed to do but showing that He understands how humans suffer but with having faith that God will help you through the trials that you can handle what ever the situation may be.
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His prayer is seen when he states “Let this cup pass”, and “not by My will but Yours”. Shows his submission to the will of the Father and his understanding of the necessity of the process.
