1. Thanks for joining me today for “A Little Walk with God.” I’m your host Richard Agee.

2. What is the one thing you hate doing most of all? So why do you do it? Out of a sense of duty, fear, responsibility, love, all of those? We all face those tasks at some point, Jesus taught us how.

3. Scripture

   1. Luke 22:40-42

   2. Jesus: Pray for yourselves, that you will not sink into temptation.

He distanced Himself from them about a stone’s throw and knelt there,  praying.

Jesus: Father, if You are willing, take this cup away from Me. Yet not My will, but Your will, be done.

4. Devotional

   1. Jobs you just don’t want to do.

      1. Dusting

      2. Dishes

      3. Yardword

      4. Painting

   2. We do them most of the time without too much complaint even when we don’t want to

      1. Sometimes talk others into doing them

      2. Sometimes swap with others

      3. Sometimes hire out the work

   3. Every once in awhile get tasks that no one can do but us

      1. Our responsibility

      2. Can’t shirk or put it off

      3. Must be done

      4. But nothing like what Jesus faced

   4. He wanted out of His task

      1. About to bear the weight of the world’s sins on His shoulders

      2. Pay the penalty required for each of our sins

      3. Guiltless but paying anyway

      4. Asked if there was any other way to let Him take that alternate way

   5. Resolved to do what the Father wanted rather than what He wanted

      1. May ask us to do some things we don’t want to do

      2. May be unpleasant or difficult

      3. Can be sure they will never be as difficult as what Jesus did for us

      4. He will help us accomplish whatever He tells us to do

      5. He understands our reluctance to do difficult things because He’s been there

      6. He also knows the importance of doing what the Father asks, because He’s been there

   6. Not my will but Your will, can you say that from your heart

5. If you want to learn more about my church, you can find us at SAF.church. If you like the devotional, share it with someone. If you don’t, tell me. I hope you’ll join me again tomorrow for “A Little Walk with God.”