VALUE GOD’S WILL ABOVE COMFORT
Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.— Luke 22:42
God's will has to be valued above your personal comfort. Our opening scripture presents Christ's choice of God's will over comfort in Gethsemane just before His arrest. What would have been comfortable, humanly speaking, was to have the change of the redemptive strategy so that He doesn't go through the separation with His Father. But God's will was for Him to go to cross and carry the sin of the whole world. That was God's strategy to reconcile man to Himself and in this Jesus would be separated from God. Take note that Jesus' desire for having the cup taken away wasn't really evil but the Father's choice strategy was Him to taste death for everyman in bringing salvation to the world. This shows you that something doesn't have to appear evil to be rejected. The bottom line is God's will. Jesus yielded to God's will. He chose God's will above comfort. John 6:38 makes a proclamation that bears witness of how He valued God's will; "For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me". In Hebrews 11:24-26 we are told of how Moses chose God's will above the fleeting comfort of Pharaoh Palace, "By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be known as the son of Pharaoh's daughter. He chose to be mistreated along with the people of God rather than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin. He regarded disgrace for the sake of Christ as of greater value than the treasures of Egypt, because he was looking ahead to his reward". Moses's choice to follow God's will meant discomfort in body but had inestimable and incomparable gains in spirit. Always treasure God's will above personal comfort and you will see God's glory manifested in your life.
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