The Luke Challenge: Day 22

What's the Luke Challenge?

The Luke Challenge is a 24-day journey through the Gospel of Luke to prepare our hearts for Christmas. We invite you to read 1 chapter of Luke with us daily from December 1st to Christmas Eve.

Father, if you are willing, please take this cup of suffering away from me. Yet I want your will to be done, not mine. - ‭‭Luke‬ ‭22‬:‭42‬ ‭NLT‬‬

Read Luke 22

Day 22 Takeaway

Raw humanity and perfect Divinity meet in this prayer that our Jesus prayed. Unanswered prayer is sometimes the greatest gift any of us could receive especially when we pray for His perfect will despite our desires. This unanswered prayer - the cup of suffering that was not remoed - for example, yielded our salvation.

That does not change the fact that it hurt. If you are walking through the maze of unanswered prayer today, I pray that you are blessed with holy indifference to truly want what He wants. I also pray that in the pain, God send His angels to strengthen you and His Holy Spirit to comfort you.