The Greater the Mission, The Greater the Resolve

Alignment of vision, mission, and objectives is an integral part of plan execution.  But we can learn from Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane that alignment of your will to the mission is critical. Jesus knew that He was born to die for the sins of all mankind. However, this act was difficult for His own disciples to comprehend.

From that time Jesus began to show His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised up on the third day. Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him, saying, "God forbid {it,} Lord! This shall never happen to You." - Matthew 16:21-22

Yet the closer Jesus got to accomplishing the plan, the more difficult it got for Him to want to go through with the "execution" of it. There is no way for any of us to comprehend the sheer agony of aligning His will to His purpose in the Garden of Gethsemane.  After much anguish and travail, He made a decision to go to the cross.

And He went a little beyond {them,} and fell on His face and prayed, saying, "My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; yet not as I will, but as You will." - Matthew 26:42

During a meeting with Pontius Pilate after His arrest, Jesus displays His resolve. In 1Timothy 6, Paul calls His tenacity  a "good confession".

Therefore Pilate said to Him, "So You are a king?" Jesus answered, "You say {correctly} that I am a king. For this I have been born, and for this I have come into the world, to testify to the truth. - John 18:37

So what is your mission? Is it sometimes too big for you to comprehend? Although you might be going through intense struggles, dig deep in your own place of Gethsemane and find your intestinal fortitude to finish what you started.  I am sure glad that Jesus did.