Wednesday In the Third Week of Lent

Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me; yet not what I want but what you want. — Matthew 26:39

 
There has been a lot written and preached about the above prayer. An easy reading of the above would be that even Jesus had hoped for a different outcome for his future, but accepted God’s will and mission for him.
But perhaps even at the end Jesus was still teaching. Teaching us all that’s its okay to pray for a different future, a different outcome, or a different diagnosis, but a lot of the time what we dread the most is exactly what we need and is the plan God has for us.
It’s been suggested that sometimes that if we pray over and over for something to happen, then the opposite is exactly where we meant to go. For example, if we pray over and over not to be relocated to Boston in the dead of winter, then that’s exactly where we are supposed to go, although its hard to believe God would want anyone to stay in cold Boston forever.
God’s answer to our prayers is often contained in our prayer itself. If only we listen.

About the author

Webb Hubbell is the former Associate Attorney General of The United States. His novels, When Men Betray, Ginger Snaps, A Game of Inches, The Eighteenth Green, and The East End are published by Beaufort Books and are available online or at your local bookstore. When Men Betray won one of the IndieFab awards for best novel in 2014. Ginger Snaps and The Eighteenth Green won the IPPY Awards Gold Medal for best suspense/thriller. His latest, “Light of Day” will be on the bookstands soon.

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