'Nevertheless, not as I will

"O My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; nevertheless, not as I will , but as You will." Matthew 26:39

We pray earnestly, pressing our very heart into heaven — but it is for the doing of our own will that we ask, not for the doing of God's will.

Do we have a true childlike spirit, when we insist on having our way with God, pushing our will without regard to His?

Are we not God's children? Should we not learn obedience and submission in all things to Him?

No prayer is acceptable to God which, after all its intensity and effort, is not still left to God's choice, and given to His superior wisdom.

Who but He knows what is best for us?