John 18:11
"...'Shall I not drink the cup which My Father has given me?'"
If Jesus had to do what God had planned for Him, who am I to resist what God has planned for for me? Was the first thought that popped into my head as I was reading this verse. Jesus also says later in the chapter (verse 37)
"You say rightly that I am a king. For this cause I was born, and for this cause I have come into the world, that I should bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears My voice."
Another thought: what exactly is God's plan for me? For Jesus knew why He was born, for what cause He was here but I have no clue why I am here...then towards the end of LTG the answer, that I knew but my flesh of mine likes to suppress in my thoughts, smacks me in the face, Acts 1:8
"But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth."
Something that I always struggle with - probably will always struggle until I am in unceasing prayer and ID myself to be the me that is one with the Holy Spirit. So for me to figure out the 'drink in my cup' I need to overcome my flesh, continuing in prayer so that I may have ears to hear what the Holy Spirit is and had been telling me all these years.
Please pray for me that I may not live my life always grappling with this issue and that I may overcome it and live by the Spirit.
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