“He withdrew about a stone’s throw beyond them, knelt down and prayed, “Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done.” An angel from heaven appeared to him and strengthened him. And being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground.” (Luke 22:41-44)
“Nothing challenges our faith more than when we feel as if God is indifferent to our cries for help.”
A great challenge of praying is that we must remember that our God is both loving and powerful. Not only does He love us with passion that exceeds our understanding, but God is also powerful enough to intervene at any moment to change our circumstances. He may not always change the circumstance and more often He does not, so the question is why?
Our faith gets tested all the time and sometimes the situation is rather extreme. It can be a challenge to love the One who could have changed a situation or even saved a life. God puts us through trials and even though we may not understand them we must have faith that that God is with us and loving us no matter what.
Jesus was fully man and suffered like a man would, though without sinning. Jesus knew what He was about to face and that the plan was from the beginning to redeem the fallen humanity. He knew that His Father would allow Him to drink from the cup of His wrath and not deliver Him. Jesus knew that when God was telling Him no, He was still with Him.
“Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done.” (Luke 22:42)
So when God says no instead of asking “why” we must say “be with me Lord.” Remember that God is with us to hold us through the trials.
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