In Luke 22, Jesus walks toward the darkest hour with a kind of spiritual clarity that almost feels unfair. While the world gathers in confusion, while plans unravel, and while courage collapses in the most predictable places, Christ keeps returning to one center point: submission to the Father’s will.

This is not just “what happened” on the road to the cross. It is a pathway to victory. The strange secret is that victory is not achieved first by strength, but by surrender. The victory is decided before the battle is finished, when the will is brought under obedience.