"Abba," he said, "everything is possible for you. Take this cup of suffering away from me. But let what you want be done, not what I want."
Mark 14:36
In this verse, Jesus is praying to God. He knows his fate; he was going to be persecuted and will die on the cross soon. In the verse, he is asking God to take this burden and pain away. However, later in the verse, he says to God that if His plan and will is for him to go through such a painful process of dying on the cross, he is willing to do it.
How we can reflect on the verse
Imagine this: you got caught stealing something, and for some reason, the court says you have to be sentenced to death; however, your friend comes and dies for you so you don't have to pay the price. Pretty crazy, right? I don't think any of my friends will be willing to pay their lives for me. I mean, I think they will be willing to pay other stuff for me, but definitely not their lives! But in a similar way, that is what Jesus did for us. Jesus didn't want to go through such excruciating pain as to dying on the cross, but he was willing to do it for God and for us (Jesus died on the cross to save us from our sins). So in return, we should have more respect for what they had done for us. Also, we should follow learn from Jesus' doings. He didn't want to go through the pain, but he did it because it was God's will. Jesus could have ran away so he didn't have to face death, but instead, he chose to follow God. And that is what we should do. Sometimes, spreading the Gospel to your friends might be hard, but it is God's will, therefore, we should do it anyway. By doing the right thing (examples: not cheating on a test, not being influenced by peer pressure, etc.), you might not benefit from it at first (you get a bad score on the test, you get made fun of by the people at school), but God will be happy and will reward you in the end. :) So we should follow Jesus' example by doing things the hard, but right, way, and doing things the way God wills for it to be.
How we can reflect on the verse
Imagine this: you got caught stealing something, and for some reason, the court says you have to be sentenced to death; however, your friend comes and dies for you so you don't have to pay the price. Pretty crazy, right? I don't think any of my friends will be willing to pay their lives for me. I mean, I think they will be willing to pay other stuff for me, but definitely not their lives! But in a similar way, that is what Jesus did for us. Jesus didn't want to go through such excruciating pain as to dying on the cross, but he was willing to do it for God and for us (Jesus died on the cross to save us from our sins). So in return, we should have more respect for what they had done for us. Also, we should follow learn from Jesus' doings. He didn't want to go through the pain, but he did it because it was God's will. Jesus could have ran away so he didn't have to face death, but instead, he chose to follow God. And that is what we should do. Sometimes, spreading the Gospel to your friends might be hard, but it is God's will, therefore, we should do it anyway. By doing the right thing (examples: not cheating on a test, not being influenced by peer pressure, etc.), you might not benefit from it at first (you get a bad score on the test, you get made fun of by the people at school), but God will be happy and will reward you in the end. :) So we should follow Jesus' example by doing things the hard, but right, way, and doing things the way God wills for it to be.
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