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NASB | Psalm 37:4 Delight yourself in the LORD; And He will give you the desires of your heart. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Psalm 37:4 Delight yourself in the LORD, And He will give you the desires and petitions of your heart. |
Bible Question: Is the prayer of Jesus in the garden, "not My will but Yours be done" (Luke 22:42) an example of "delighting in the LORD?" Can we understand suffering in this context? I'm wondering if seeking His kingdom and His righteousness first, also goes along here? Any insight would be appreciated. |
Bible Answer: Hi Mommapbs Does God truly give us the bitter cup, for His glory? Are we to use Jesus as our example, for accepting physical, mental suffering? Jesus in the garden, submitting Himself to the will of God. Jesus knew what the plan of redemption was, He was not demonstrating to us how we are to accept disease, illness, physical suffering into our lives. He was accepting the will of God into His life, in order to complete the work He was sent to do here on earth. He was going to be taking upon Himself all of the sins of the world, as well as all of the sicknesses, diseases. That night in the garden, He was truly 100 percent flesh, with all of it's frailties, fears. We hear in His own words the anguish He was feeling, the same as we have all felt, being alone. He was being tempted to run away from tomorrow. As a man He did not want to go through with what lay before Him, He had to pray as a man for Gods will to be done. He had come to the point we all must come to, being totally alone in the world. He had to have Faith in God, that He would do what He had promised. Abraham believed God, and it was imputed to him for righteousness. (Jas.2:23) Jesus believed God, so that we would become the righteousness of God in Christ. (Rom.3:22) We are to believe God, to complete the work He has begun (Phil.1:6) Vintage68 |