DAILY READINGS: 1 Chronicles 13-14; Ezekiel 14-15; John 5:1-23
And He went a litt le further, and fell on His face, and prayed,
saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from Me:
nevertheless not as I will, but as Thou wilt. Matt hew 26:39
This verse reminds us of the complete submission of the Son to the
will of the Father. The highest priority in the life of the Lord Jesus,
was the Father’s will. Even faced with the terrible prospect of drinking
the cup that the Father had given him to drink, the Lord never
deviated from the will of the Father. There was never any resistance
in the perfect Servant to the Father’s will even when it meant “being
obedient unto [to the extent of] death, even the death of the cross”
(Phil. 2:8). He was there for us. Let us worship Him. —W. H. Burnett
Death and the curse were in our cup, O Christ, t’was full for thee,
But Thou hast drained the last dark drop, ‘tis empty now for me. —Cousins