"Not my will, but yours be done." Luke 22:42

Why do we need to pray like this? Why would a person going through excruciating pain pray like this? Why would a person who has been betrayed, or abandoned, or cheated pray like this? Because when we do we are reoriented. Praying like this counteracts our fixation on worldly things. It reassures our wavering faith and reminds us of what is truly real. It dismantles functional atheism, where we act as if we are our own god, self-sufficient and self-focused.