One of the Hardest Prayers to Pray

One of the hardest prayers for a Christian to pray is..

"Father..Your will be done"

It's not easy! It can be a real struggle to pray this way.

Yet Jesus taught His disciples to pray this prayer (Matthew 6:9-10). It can be particularly hard if we sense that God's will is different to ours. To pray, "Father, Your will be done" is:

A prayer of surrender.
A prayer of letting go.
A prayer of yieldedness.
A prayer of submission.

We take our hands off the wheel, move over, and ask God to take control. It's relinquishing our rights and desires, and submitting ourselves to Him. It's also submitting our future to God, wanting His plans to be fulfilled even if they're different to ours. For the surrendered Christian, God's will is the pre-eminent thing.

May God help us to pray, from the heart, "Father, Your will be done" just as our Saviour did (Luke 22:42).

Is there any area of your life where it's a struggle to pray this prayer?