Jesus knew the agony that was coming before Him, and the knowledge itself caused a great disturbance in His soul. He saw the betrayal, the injustice, the suffering that awaited Him. Yet He did not run from it. He did not try to hasten it either. He waited. There is great importance in every aspect of God’s will— even the time of preparation, the silence, the waiting. Nothing in the Passion was rushed. Here Christ shows us something profound about patience. His human nature recoiled before death, yet it remained perfectly submitted to the divine will. Patience, then, is not simply a peaceful feeling when things are hard. It is a firm resolution of the will to let God’s plan unfold as He desires— even when it disturbs us, even when it delays us, even when it stands directly in our way. The Garden teaches us that holiness does not begin first in great works, but in the struggle against ourselves, fixing our hearts firmly on God. Where in your life is God asking you not to escape, but simply to remain?