Why Jesus Prayed (cont.) without Him we can dò nothing. John 5:30 gives us another reason why the Lord Jesus prayed. Not only did He come to be the Servant of men, but He depended wholly upon the Fa ther, for everything He needed while here. The Lord Jesus Christ could have done His own will, especially since it would have been perfect, but He chose not to do it. He came not to do His own will; He came to do the will of the Fa ther. He did the will of the Father, and thus, when He went to prayer, as the perfect Son of Man, He sought the Father’s will. Thè second reason you and I should pray is not because we are dependent upon the Father alone, but being dependent on the Fa ther we want to seek His will. How WHERE IS OUR FAITH? If our nation is repentant, turns to God in her despair, And we seek the Lord in earnest, in humility and prayer. Then He will deliver, and our nation He will spare. But if we persist in sinning, He will never answer prayer. When Israel was right with God they never feared the foe For God always gave them victory wherever they did go. But when there was sin within the camp, they had no power to stand. For God cannot take part in sin, evil He will not defend. And He has never changed since then, He is just the same today, He has all power in heaven and earth and Him we must obey. Minnie Thompson often our Lord said, “Not my will but thine be done.” There is also a third reason why our Lord prayed. In John 4 we recollect the experience with our Lord Jesus with the woman at the well. After the miraculous interview she went into the city to get her friends, and the disciples appeared upon the scene. Jesus said, “My meat is to do the will of Him
that sent me.” Our Lord Jesus, in order to do the Father’s will, found life diffi cult. He took the rejection of men. The reproaches that were meant for God fell upon Him. The greatest thing of all was the cross. No one likes to die; no one likes to be crucified. Our Lord Jesus even said, “Lord deliver me from this hour, but for this hour came I. into "GO " Hear your commission, O Church of the Masted- Friends and disciples of Jesus, take heed. How are ye doing the work of the Father? How are ye caring for hunger and need Go — to the sheep that are scattered and fainting, Having no shepherds, and tell them to come; Go to the highways and tell every creature Still the feast waiteth and yet there is room. Go — the time shortens, the night is approaching, Harvests are whit'ning and reapers are few, Somewhere, perhaps, in the darkness are dying Souls that might enter the Kingdom with you. Go — Church of Christ, for He goeth before you. And all the way that ye take He doth know. On the bright morrow He'll say, "Come, ye blessed;" But till the dawning the message is, "Go!" Annie Johnson Flint the world; Thy will be done.’.’ You and I ought to pray, not only because we’re dependent upon God, not only because we seek God’s will, but that we might have the strength to do it even when that will leads us into situations which we do not like. This is why Jesus praye'd and may we pray even as He did. 14
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