"Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done." ~ Luke 22:42
Recently, my Pastor said something that stuck with me and it's this: if you take care of the things that God cares about, God will take care of the things you care about.
In Luke 22, we see Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane, right before being apprehended and ultimately crucified, struggling between what he wants and what the Father wants. Ultimately, the Father's will wins out and as a reward, Jesus gets up with all power in His hands (Matthew 28:18). He fulfilled purpose and got to sit on the right hand of the Father (Ephesians 1:20-23).
So many times, we think the way to get what we want is to pursue what we want.
But in the Kingdom, the way to get what you want is to serve and be obedient to God, even if it's not in line with what you want (1 Samuel 15:22).
It really is as simple as this: do whatever it is He tells you to do.
God bless,
J.W.
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