I think that any prayer that addresses loss of our own control and depending more on the Lord can be a frightening experience. Those situations and promptings from the Lord where we need to step out of our comfort zone. Any situation that means we have to "step off the cliff" of our perceived safety or step away from the safe routine that we can live in.
However, while it can seem to be scary, aren't these types of prayers the very ones that the Lord wants us to pray? Doesn't He want to draw us more and more into a close relationship with Him where we learn to depend on Him more than the circumstances or our own wisdom?
Yes, this can be a scary process, to start learning about increased dependence and greater obedience - but I would submit that it is as we lose our life that we will find our life. As we give up our selfish and limited ways we will start to experience a whole new level of relationship with Jesus.
I think this is a little bit like learning to fly; we have to step out of a comfortable frame of reference and into one that is not so familiar - but one that is so much more wonderful and awe inspiring than we have ever known before.
I think this process is about learning to walk in the Spirit, really walking in the Spirit and learning to depend on Jesus and not on ourselves. On face value this may be scary, but as we enter into a greater dependence on the Lord there is a whole new dynamic and depth we can enter into. That is where we start experiencing the faithfulness and wonder of the Lord, and start seeing the miraculous more and more.
These, "I will do your will, not my will" or ""what ever you want Lord" type of prayers are not easy for any of us. They may be scary, or seem scary, but they are the way for us to really start living and experiencing the abundant life (John 10:10) that Jesus has for us.
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