The night before Jesus was to be killed, He prayed and asked God if were possible to remove this cup of suffering from Him. Yet, He immediately says, “nevertheless, not as I will, but as You will”. Jesus knew that if He didn’t suffer and die there would be no salvation for mankind to escape Hell and live with God forever. He was in saying Father, I’ll do what you want me to do.
Sometimes we are faced with difficult tasks and times. They may be painful, uncomfortable, or just not what we wanted. Whether or not we want to deal with something is not nearly as important as how we deal with it. That’s when it’s best look to Christ who did what was painful so we could live forever. The walk of faith will be filled with difficulties, pain, and troubles. if we focus these things we’ll be distracted from the task at hand and possibly miss a blessing along the way. That’s way Hebrews reminds us to “lay aside every weight and sign that so easily besets up, and run the race with patience, looking to Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith”. Paul said, “I can do all things through Christ that strengthens me.”
Ask God for help and He will. “Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus.”