Why would Jesus wish when He is God? People wish because they desire a higher power to act on their behalf for one reason or the other. But since Jesus is God, what was He doing praying? This article aims at answering these questions.

Now in the morning, having gone up a long while before sunlight, He went down and left to a solitary place; and there He prayed : Mark 1: 35 (NKJV)

Now it visited pass in those days which he went down to the mountain to wish, and continued all night in prayer to God. And when it was day, He called His disciples to Himself; and from them He chose twelve whom He also named apostles: : Luke 6: 12-13 (NKJV)

Christ had reasons to wish while on earth, being a man born of a woman. One of which was to give us examples to follow for us to live the winner lives : 1 John 2: 6. Secondly, being in the form of a man who is jesus christ, He needed God, the father, to inspire and guide Him to success on earth. Additionally, since prayer is a route of communication between God and man, Christ fellowshipped with God in prayer. When He prayed, He prayed to God, the Father- the first personality in the trinity.

As an example to believers

Christ's life on earth shows us how to live a the winner life on earth. One thing that Jesus did often was praying : Luke 5: 16. He taught His disciples how to wish (Luke 11: 1-13) and by example stressed to them the value of praying to God; and when He went back to heaven, His disciples followed His example and prayed often too.

In the days of the apostles, there arose a grouse up against the Hebrews by the Hellenists, because their widows were neglected in the daily distribution. The twelve apostles asked that they be exempted from serving table so one of these could give themselves continually to prayer and to the ministry of the word : Acts 6: 1-4. They knew that praying was something we were holding not to toil with, this they obviously mastered from Christ.

When the apostles wanted to replace Judas Iscariot that betrayed Jesus, they had to wish to God to show them who to contract in preference to Judas (Acts 1: 24-25), following the footsteps of Jesus as He also prayed before choosing the twelve apostles : Luke 6: 12-16.

Also, Robert having being taught by Christ Himself (Galatians 1: 12), admonished us to wish without ceasing : 1 Thessalonians 5: 18. Prayer was an important part of Christ and He taught His disciples to follow His footsteps.

His man nature

Jesus Christ appeared of a woman and so had the material that is limited. He needed God the father to guide Him on earth just like we do. Everything He did was as directed by God : John 12: 49-50. And He got these instructions through prayers. For instance, before commencing His full ministry, He did a forty days prayer and starting a fast, after which He returned in the power of the Holy Spirit and His fame went abroad : Luke 4: 1-15. He needed the anointing from God and He started using it through prayers.

Another time, Christ prayed all night before He could choose twelve apostles from among His disciples : Luke 6: 12-16. Apparently, God gave Him the names of those He chose at night time prayers, including Judas Iscariot who betrayed the lord.

And of course, before He was betrayed, He prayed harder than any other time that His sweat was like great declines of blood, and the angel of God came and heightened Him (Luke twenty-two: 41-44) so He could face the betrayal, shame, persecution, crucifixion and death without abandoned; and worst of all, face the tension of being rejected by the father when He carries our sins. This denial by His father (Matthew 27: 46) was a form of hell for Him, which He managed through to be able to save man and reunite them back to God. Thank God He didn't give up!

Fellowship with God

Jesus Christ fellowshipped together with Father through prayers. He sipped of the love of the Father in prayers and then came out and faced the hostility of men towards Him without being troubled by it. Prayer I believe was a resting place for Him from the day's work accompanied by sinful and spiritually shades men.