Judges 6:11-24 / Matthew 19:23-30
There are many lessons that we can learn from the sufferings of Jesus, especially from the Last Supper till He died on the Cross.
One profound learning point is in the agony of Jesus in the Garden of Gethsamane, which was between the Last Supper and Jesus being betrayed.
At the Garden of Gethsamane, Jesus prayed that if it was possible, the cup of suffering would pass Him by, but in the end, He accepted that God's will be done, and with that He went on to face His sufferings.
It was a critical moment as Jesus struggled with making that decision, but when He decided for God's will, He was at peace with Himself and He accepted the sufferings to come.
In the 1st reading, Gideon was struggling to accept the mission from God. He needed some signs and God gave him the sign.
And the Lord said to him, "Peace be with you; have no fear; you will not die." And Gideon built an altar to the Lord and called it "The-Lord-is-Peace."
In life, we will also have our share of doubts, difficulties and fears. We doubt if God listens to our prayers and we find life's difficulties piling.
God's will becomes another difficulty for us. Yet like Jesus let us accept the will of God and do it.
Accepting and doing God's will brings us peace of heart. Only then what seemed impossible will now be possible.