During the time Jesus lived on earth, He prayed and asked God with loud cries and tears.
Jesus’ prayer was to God Who was able to save Him from death.
God heard Christ because Christ honored God. [Hebrews 5:7 NLV]
Jesus was fully human. He cried. He wept. On the eve of his crucifixion he prayed in a garden with much sorrow and a heavy heart. He asked the Father to rescue him from the fate that was before him. As he prayed, he surrendered his life to God saying not what I want but what You want.
As I read about Jesus' prayers in the garden I am better able to understand that God hears our prayers even when he does not answer them. It helps me to know that Jesus struggled as he prayed. And in the end he honored God by releasing his desires and asking for God's will to be done.
We bend our knees and our hearts afresh to the One who hears us. Thy will be done.
... this devotion is part of a series about the book of Hebrews.
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