Verse from Luke

““父啊，如果你愿意，就把这杯拿走！但不要成就我的意思，只要成就你的旨意。””

‭‭路加福音‬ ‭22:42‬ ‭

“saying, “Father, if You are willing, remove this cup from Me; yet not My will, but Yours be done.””

‭‭Luke‬ ‭22:42‬ ‭

Every coin has two sides. The front is called “heads” and, from early Roman times, usually depicts a country’s head of state. The back is called “tails,” a term possibly originating from the British ten pence depicting the raised tail of a heraldic lion.

Like a coin, Christ’s prayer in the garden of Gethsemane possesses two sides. In the deepest hours of His life, on the night before He died on a cross, Jesus prayed (Luke 22:42). When Christ says, “take this cup,” that’s the raw honesty of prayer. He reveals His personal desire, “This is what I want.”

Then Jesus turns the coin, praying “not my will.” That’s the side of abandon. Abandoning ourselves to God begins when we simply say, “But what do You want, God?”

This two-sided prayer is also included in Matthew 26 and Mark 14 and is mentioned in John 18. Jesus prayed both sides of prayer: take this cup (what I want, God), yet not My will (what do You want, God?), pivoting between them.

Two sides of Jesus. Two sides of prayer.

What situation are you facing right now where you can pray honestly yet with abandon to God?