Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me:
nevertheless not my will, but thine be done.
Luke 22:42
What does the innermost sanctuary of Gethsemane tell
us about redemption? It opens up the inner meaning
and power of the visible suffering and sacrifice on the
cross. And, of all the suffering of Gethsemane, "Not My
will, but Thine be done" was the key. It shows us which
sin it was that made the great sacrifice a necessity--our
self-will. It reveals the humility which gave the sacrifice
its value--surrender of the will to receive God's will. The
redemption it affected was the conquest and atonement
of our self-will. And, the salvation it actually brings is
the impartation of a will entirely given up to God.
Believer, is this the very Christ you delight in, seek to be
conformed to, and long to know more fully in His indwel-
ling power? In Gethsemane, He entered into the very
deepest and nearest fellowship with you in surrendering
His will to death. Enter into the deepest and nearest fel-
lowship with him in surrendering your will as He did.
Pray for the Holy Spirit to show how self-will is the root
of all sin and temptation and darkness. Pray for the
knowledge of how the will of God can come in, cast self-
will out and live in you. Learn how faith in Christ, who
died to conquer our self-will now waits to dwell in us,
can make you a partaker of His death and victory. Learn
the lesson that death to self-will just means a quiet bow-
ing before God in utter poverty and helplessness. It is
simply trusting in the blessed Lamb of God--who passed
through death as the only way to perfect surrender of His
will to God's will--to breathe His own Spirit, and the very
will of God, into us. Andrew Murray
Reader, I only touched the outside of this chapter. I have
not studied or taken into me, the great truth of this chapter:
"Not my will, but thine be done."
nevertheless not my will, but thine be done.
Luke 22:42
What does the innermost sanctuary of Gethsemane tell
us about redemption? It opens up the inner meaning
and power of the visible suffering and sacrifice on the
cross. And, of all the suffering of Gethsemane, "Not My
will, but Thine be done" was the key. It shows us which
sin it was that made the great sacrifice a necessity--our
self-will. It reveals the humility which gave the sacrifice
its value--surrender of the will to receive God's will. The
redemption it affected was the conquest and atonement
of our self-will. And, the salvation it actually brings is
the impartation of a will entirely given up to God.
Believer, is this the very Christ you delight in, seek to be
conformed to, and long to know more fully in His indwel-
ling power? In Gethsemane, He entered into the very
deepest and nearest fellowship with you in surrendering
His will to death. Enter into the deepest and nearest fel-
lowship with him in surrendering your will as He did.
Pray for the Holy Spirit to show how self-will is the root
of all sin and temptation and darkness. Pray for the
knowledge of how the will of God can come in, cast self-
will out and live in you. Learn how faith in Christ, who
died to conquer our self-will now waits to dwell in us,
can make you a partaker of His death and victory. Learn
the lesson that death to self-will just means a quiet bow-
ing before God in utter poverty and helplessness. It is
simply trusting in the blessed Lamb of God--who passed
through death as the only way to perfect surrender of His
will to God's will--to breathe His own Spirit, and the very
will of God, into us. Andrew Murray
Reader, I only touched the outside of this chapter. I have
not studied or taken into me, the great truth of this chapter:
"Not my will, but thine be done."
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