Not My Will But Yours - Songs Of Mercy And Grace

Not My Will But Yours

This song is a meditation on Jesus in the garden of Gethsemane—the moment when He withdrew “about a stone’s throw,” knelt down, and prayed, “Father, if You are willing, take this cup from Me; yet not My will but Yours be done.” It traces His loneliness, His friends falling asleep, His surrender to the Father’s will, and then turns into a prayer for our own hearts when we face sorrow and temptation.

My hope is that this helps you pray in those hard hours when you can’t see the way forward:
“Not my will, Lord—Yours alone; meet me in despair.”

— Christopher M. Halecky

Album: Bound by Mercy – Songs of Mercy and Grace, Volume I

Lyrics and musical input: Christopher M. Halecky
Music by: SUNO AI

Scripture echoes:
Luke 22:39–46 – Jesus prays in Gethsemane
Matthew 26:36–46 – “My soul is very sorrowful, even to death.”
Philippians 2:8 – “He humbled himself… obedient unto death.”
Romans 12:1 – “Present your bodies as a living sacrifice…”

Not My Will But Yours
Lyrics and musical input © 2025 Christopher M. Halecky
Music © 2025 SUNO AI
All rights reserved.

[Verse 1]
And He withdrew about a stone’s throw away;
In the stillness of the garden, He knelt down to pray.
The weight upon His spirit none but God could understand;
He was nearing the deep agony no mortal heart could stand.
But the spotless Lamb stood firm against temptation’s call;
In His anguish He sought His Father,
asking strength to bear it all.

[Verse 2]
When Jesus rose and walked back to His friends again,
He found them sleeping through the sorrow that He bore for them.
He felt no anger, for He knew their hearts were true—
But the body, weary flesh, can fail in all we mean to do.
Though they could not grasp the darkness pressing on His soul,
Still He longed for their presence
as the hour began to toll.

[Chorus]
“Father, if You are willing,
take this cup from Me;
yet not My will but Yours—
let it be.”
He surrendered all in love to do His Father’s will alone;
He surrendered all to save us,
and make our hearts His own.

[Verse 3]
In times of heavy sorrow, this must be my prayer:
“Not my will, Lord—Yours alone;
meet me in despair.”
For many are the temptations pulling me away,
Yet through prayer and holy fellowship
You keep me in the Way.
And when the trials of living feel too great to bear,
I surrender all to Christ…
and find Your love still there.

[Bridge]
Though the darkness presses in,
and my heart is trembling too,
Your love shines through my suffering—
for You suffered first for me.

[Final Chorus]
“Father, if You are willing,
take this cup from Me;
yet not My will but Yours—
let it be.”
In every aching moment,
Lord, teach my heart to say:
“Not my will but Yours be done”
in sorrow and in praise.

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