9 Bible Verses about Not My Will But God's

Going on a little further, he threw himself on his face in prayer. "My Father," he said, "if it is possible, let me be spared this cup; only, not as I will, but as thou willest."

"Abba, Father," he said, "all things are possible to thee; take away this cup from me; yet, not what I will, but what thou willest."

"Father," he said, "if it is thy pleasure, spare me this cup; only, not my will but thine be done."

I can do nothing of myself; I judge as I am taught; and the judgment that I give is just, because my aim is not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me.

For I have come down from Heaven, to do, not my own will, but the will of him who sent me;

"My food," replied Jesus, "is to do the will of him who sent me, and to complete his work.

For not to natural conception, nor to human instincts, nor to will of man did they owe the new Life, but to God.

For Nature was made subject to imperfection-not by its own choice, but owing to him who made it so--

So, then, all depends, not on human wishes or human efforts, but on God's mercy.