10 Bible Verses about Not My Will But God's

Going on a little farther, he fell on his face and prayed, "O my Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me. Yet not what I want but what you want."

He kept repeating, "Abba! Father! All things are possible for you. Take this cup away from me. Yet not what I want but what you want."

"Father, if you are willing, take this cup away from me. Yet not my will but yours be done."

I can do nothing on my own accord. I judge according to what I hear, and my judgment is just, because I do not seek my own will but the will of the one who sent me."

I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of the one who sent me.

Jesus told them, "My food is doing the will of the one who sent me and completing his work.

Teach me to do your will, for you are my God. Let your good Spirit lead me on level ground.

who were born, not merely in a genetic sense, nor from lust, nor from man's desire, but from the will of God.

because the creation has become subject to futility, though not by anything it did. The one who subjected it did so in the certainty

Therefore, God's choice does not depend on a person's will or effort, but on God himself, who shows mercy.