Theme for week: Prayer Teaches Us About God
November 10, 2021 Wednesday)
The Model Prayer given to us by Jesus (Matthew 6:8-11 KJV): “After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.Give us this day our daily bread.And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever.”
The Model Prayer teaches us lessons about God: We are relatives of God (He is our Father). We are reverent before God (His name is holy). We are relevant to God’s will (Thy will be done). We are recipients of God’s gifts (Give us..bread). We are redeemed by God’s love (Forgive us our debts).
Jesus taught us to pray, “Thy kingdom come, thy will be done in earth as it is in Heaven.” I view Thy Kingdom come and Thy Will be done as two ways of praying for God’s will to be done. You and I are part of that plan as we seek to know and do God’s will in our own lives. Jesus said, “the kingdom of God is in your hearts.” I choose to think of the prayers for God’s kingdom to come and for us to do His will are two ways of saying the same thing. Each is a plea for God’s will to be done.
As we await the future coming of Christ, we can seek the will of God for our individual lives. As we pray for God’s will to be done in earth (as in the model prayer), we seek to know and do God’s will in our own lives.
We seek God’s will in the making of long term decisions, like marriage, vocation, education, etc. But we also seek to know His will every day in what may appear to be decisions of lesser importance. In other words, we Christians want God’s will to be done in our own lives as we become part of God’s plan for our world. That is why I entitled this blog, “We are relevant to God’s Will,” meaning that God’s will for me is part of God’s plan for the world.
I pray for God’s will to be done here on earth as it is done in Heaven. May His way be mine.
HIS WAY MINE
Dick Baker
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God has a place for every planned creation
A path for every star to go
He drew the course for every river’s journey
Now I know He has a way for me.
I place my life in the hands of God
Those hands so scarred now outstretched for me
Wherever it may be, over land over sea
May thy will sublime
Oh thou God divine
Be mine.
Now in His will my soul finds life worth living,
Each day new blessings from above
Though shadows come and valleys seem unending,
Still I know He has a way for me.
I place my life in the hands of God
Those hands so scarred now outstretched for me
Wherever it may be, over land over sea
May thy will sublime
Oh thou God divine
Be mine