Matthew 26:39
"Let this cup pass from me: nevertheless
not as I will, but as thou wilt"
I am sure we all have seen all this commercials on TV, about the burglar alarm and the first alert button. All these devices work fine and have saved lives; but they both depend on another human being, computers and telephones. When your in a Crises of Life, these life lines are not going to work.
Crises! A crippling accident or disease strikes us down. A natural disaster wipes out everything we own. A loved one is taken. At first there is numbing shock, then reality makes it's way through the door, insisting that we make a choice. Will we languish in our misery, or will we press forward? For some the pain is so great that they either withdraw from life or end it.
Yet no obstacle is too great if we cast our all on Christ, who overcame life's greatest crisis. In the Garden He prayed and came to rest in His Father's will. Then He pressed forward to the cross, where He endured His Father's wrath upon our sin so that we might experience His Fathers love and forgiveness.
Christians, are you up against the "impossible"? Find rest by praying, "Not as I will, but as You will." Then press forward and do what you can. Prayer is a proven strategy for any crisis. What greater help have we, then in the prayer our Savior prayed in the Garden of Gethsemane?
May God Bless You
And Your Families
Minister: Robert A. Lail
The Cross Life Ministry