We
sometimes come to God, not because we love Him best, but because we love our
possessions best; we ask Christ to "save Western civilization", without asking
ourselves whether it is entirely a civilization that Christ could want to save.
We pray, too often, not to do God's will, but to enlist God's assistance in
maintaining our "continually increasing consumption". And yet, though Christ
promised that God would feed us, he never promised that God would stuff us to
bursting. - Joy Davidman
The
sense of this prayer to his God and Father is, that if his sufferings and
death could not be dispensed with; if it was not consistent with the decrees
of God, and the covenant of grace, that he should be excused from them; or
if the glory of God, and the salvation of his people required it, that he
must drink up that bitter cup, he was content to do it; desiring in all
things to submit unto, and to fulfil his Father's will, though it was so
irksome and disagreeable to nature. - John Gill
We
should do much thinking before we ask anything of God and be clear that we
ask according to His will. We should not rush heedlessly into God's presence
and ask for the first thing that comes to mind without giving proper thought
to the question of whether it is really what we ought to have. But when we
have decided that we should pray for something, we should keep on praying
until we get it. - R. A. Torrey
We
sometimes come to God, not because we love Him best, but because we love our
possessions best; we ask Christ to "save Western civilization", without asking
ourselves whether it is entirely a civilization that Christ could want to save.
We pray, too often, not to do God's will, but to enlist God's assistance in
maintaining our "continually increasing consumption". And yet, though Christ
promised that God would feed us, he never promised that God would stuff us to
bursting. - Joy Davidman
The
sense of this prayer to his God and Father is, that if his sufferings and
death could not be dispensed with; if it was not consistent with the decrees
of God, and the covenant of grace, that he should be excused from them; or
if the glory of God, and the salvation of his people required it, that he
must drink up that bitter cup, he was content to do it; desiring in all
things to submit unto, and to fulfil his Father's will, though it was so
irksome and disagreeable to nature. - John Gill
We
should do much thinking before we ask anything of God and be clear that we
ask according to His will. We should not rush heedlessly into God's presence
and ask for the first thing that comes to mind without giving proper thought
to the question of whether it is really what we ought to have. But when we
have decided that we should pray for something, we should keep on praying
until we get it. - R. A. Torrey