Quote by D.A. Carson

“In my reading and meditation and prayer, I noted: (1) Enoch “walked” with God. He did not ask God to change direction. (2) Rom 8:28—”And we know that all things work together etc.”: these words “we know” do not come together very often. (3) Consider Mark 5: the demons “besought” him, and he granted their request; the people of the city “besought” to leave [AV, “began to pray him”], and he acceded to their request; the man formerly possessed “besought” him [AV, “prayed him”] that he might accompany him, but Jesus did not permit him so to do. [It is the same verb in Greek as in the French version Tom is using.] A lesson: nothing is more important than the will of the Master. [Tom was reflecting on how often Christ’s will is expressed in negation, but our duty is to walk with him still, knowing that Romans 8:28 still holds true.]”