Jesus’s Petition in Gethsemane

Heaviness hangs in the night air. The disciples drift to sleep nearby. Jesus prays, knowing what awaits him—betrayal, arrest, and a brutal death on a Roman cross. He is deeply troubled (Matthew 26:38). Jesus brings his greatest need to his Father. He asks for another way. He is honest and desperate. Yet, even in his darkest hour, Jesus submits his will to the Father’s. He trusts that God’s plan is good even when the cost is unimaginable...