RTW December 18
God’s No Was To My Benefit
And God heard his prayers because of deep reverence for God.
Hebrews 5:7b
My Takeaways
Something Old
What is our response to no?
Jesus taught us to
- Surrender – when we don’t understand.
- Obey – even when it hurts.
He could teach us this because He came to experience life as we know it so when He sat down at the right hand of God, He could intercede for us as one who knows what we are going through.
“Obedience is a trade to which a man must be apprenticed until he has learned it, for it is not to be known in any other way.
Prayers and supplications: The ancient Greek word for supplications is hiketeria. This word means “an olive branch wrapped in wool” (Clarke) because that is what the ancient Greek worshiper held and waved to express their desperate prayer and desire. Significantly, this supplication of Jesus took place in a garden of olives – and He supplied the “wool,” being the Lamb of God.” ~ David Guzik
Something New
Who was Melchizedek?
Something to Do
- Surrender – when we don’t understand
- Obey – even when it hurts.