Devotion:
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Read Matthew 26:36-44.
Most of us can remember being away from home and on our own for the first time, perhaps in our first real job or in college. As moral choices came to us, we realized that we could decide what to do now without anyone stopping us. For many of us, a person would come to mind, someone who had guided us and who had reminded us of right and wrong during our formative years…our mom or dad, another relative, a Sunday School teacher, youth director, or pastor. As we thought about what choice to make, we would think about what that mentor would say to us in this situation. And more often than not, we let that influence and guide our choice.
God’s will is so much more important than the teaching of any person, no matter how wise and moral that person is or was. Jesus taught us to pray that God’s will would be done. For many of us, we must pray in order to understand just what God’s will is. In today’s passage, we see Jesus expressing his own will and then seeking to know his Father’s will. And even in the anguish of this time, Jesus submitted to the will of his Heavenly Father, giving us the ultimate lived-out example of this lesson.
Personal Worship Option:
Let’s pray today that we will know and understand God’s will. Perhaps it is in a decision or choice we are in the process of making. Then pray for the wisdom, strength, and humility to follow God’s will… "not my will, but yours be done.” Amen.
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