Jesus said, "I seek not my own will but the will of him who sent me" (John 5:30, ESV) Jesus came to do the will of the Father. He did not come seeking his own will nor the will of anyone else. Only the will of God was the primary concern for Jesus. If you remember in the garden of Gethsemane, Jesus prayed, "My Father, if it possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as you will" (Matthew 26:39, ESV).
It is amazing how many Christians think that Jesus came with love on his mind. Love for mankind only. Yes, he did love us because God is love and Jesus is God, so Jesus loves us. Jesus love for mankind was not the only love he had, he had love for his Father. It bothers me when Christians says, "When Christ was on the cross, I was on his mind." There are two things wrong with that statement. First, it would make Jesus an idolater, which means God was never the one he was trying to please. That would also make Jesus a sinner because idolatry is a sin, so Jesus' death on the cross would be meaningless. Second, it means that the Father was truly not the one he was trying to please, which we know is not true. Jesus lived a perfect life on our behalf because he fulfilled the Torah (the Old Testament law). Living up to the law is the will of the Father and no human being could not do that, expect for Jesus, who was God in the flesh.
The good news of the gospel is that Jesus sought the will of the Father by fulfilling the law and dying the death that all sinners deserve. All because he came to seek not his will, but the will of God, which is "good and acceptable and perfect" (Romans 12:2, ESV)
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