10 Bible Verses about Not My Will But God's

Going a little farther, he threw himself down with his face to the ground and prayed, "My Father, if possible, let this cup pass from me! Yet not what I will, but what you will."

He said, "Abba, Father, all things are possible for you. Take this cup away from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will."

"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 initiative. Just as I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, because I do not seek my own will, but the will of the one who sent me.

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

Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of the one who sent me and to complete his work.

Teach me to do what pleases you, for you are my God. May your kind presence lead me into a level land.

-- children not born by human parents or by human desire or a husband's decision, but by God.

For the creation was subjected to futility -- not willingly but because of God who subjected it -- in hope

So then, it does not depend on human desire or exertion, but on God who shows mercy.