The Cup was Not Taken Away

No matter my situation or circumstance, I must see the hand of God if it touches me in good times or bad times, times that are joyful and happy, times that are tearful and sad, and times of success and accomplishments.

On the night before His crucifixion, Jesus went out to the garden to pray and sweat blood over asking His Father to “take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done (Luke 22:42).” He trusted His Father’s sovereign control over the eternal plan of our Father’s heart. He asked what any of us would have asked: “take the cup from me.” In His humanness, but in His heart as man, He trusted His Father’s heart as He added, “yet not my will, but yours be done.” He prayed that because your name and my name flashed through His heart and mind, and He knew there were no other options to pay for our sins.

His love for you and me, and the world, is what led Him to desire the Father’s will.

You know the message; it’s called “good news,” because He drank the cup His Father gave Him, so we, the world, could be forgiven.

Brothers and sisters, I don’t know your cup, but by God’s grace, I pray at this dark time we all will humbly say, “Not my will but Your will, Father, be done.” Why? Because God gave us His greatest gift when we were called “enemies of God.” Remember the Scriptures that says, “[W]hile we were yet sinners, Christ died for us (Romans 5:8, NASB).”

Jesus says to each of us today, “I can’t love you any more than I love you this moment. Trust Me.”

Jesus saw this before the world began. The cross is the greatest period of darkness in all of human history, yet through it, our God has accomplished the greatest demonstration of God-type love mankind has ever seen.

The darkness of that day has brought the light of God’s love to millions throughout human history.

Lord, we love You, and we trust You with our lives.