“My Father, If It Is Possible, May This Cup Be Taken From Me”

Then Jesus went with his disciples to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to them, “Sit here while I go over there and pray.” He took Peter and the two sons of Zebedee along with him, and he began to be sorrowful and troubled. Then he said to them, “My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with me.”

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.”

Matthew 26:36-39

Remember when Jesus was in the garden of Gethsemaine, and He asked for a different way. It must have broken the Father’s heart to see His beloved Son in such agony! Yet there was no other way to save His people.

In our lives, we sometimes face unavoidable yet painful moments. Because of Jesus’s work for us through His Spirit, even in our darkest moments our loving heavenly Father is always present with us.

Our loving heavenly Father promises He is always present with us, even in our darkest moments.

Our Daily Bread – November 6, 2018