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  NOT MY WILL, BUT THINE
  by A.B. Simpson
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Summary: Through submission to God's will, we can find strength and
receive more from Him, trusting in His goodness and sovereignty.

Topics: "Submission to God's Will", "Strength in Surrender"
Scripture References: Joshua 23:14, Luke 22:42, Romans 12:1

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A.B. Simpson emphasizes that just as Jesus faced suffering in
Gethsemane, we too can find strength and victory through submission to
God's will. He encourages believers to approach their struggles not with
defiance but with a spirit of surrender, echoing Jesus' words, 'Not my
will, but thine be done.' This act of submission is not a loss of hope
but a pathway to greater strength through faith and prayer. By letting
go of our own desires, we open ourselves to receive God's blessings in a
more profound way, transforming our sacrifices into opportunities for
resurrection life.

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Jesus who once suffered in Gethsemane will be our strength and our
victory, too. We may fear, we may also sink, but let us not be dismayed,
and we shall yet praise Him and look back from a finished course and
say, Not one thing hath failed of all the good things which the Lord
[our] God spake concerning [us] (Joshua 23:14). But in order to do this,
we must, like Jesus, meet the conflict, not with a defiant but with a
submissive spirit. He had to say, Not my will, but thine be done, but in
saying it He gained the very thing He surrendered.

The submission of Gethsemane is not a blind and dead submission of a
heart that abandons all its hope, but it is the free submission that
bows the head in order to get double strength through faith and prayer.

We let go in order that we may take a firmer hold. We give up in order
that we may more fully receive. We lay our Isaac on Mount Moriah, and we
receive him back, no longer our Isaac, but God's Isaac and infinitely
more secure because he is returned to us in resurrection life.

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/ab-simpson/not-my-will-but-thine/
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