The Life and Ministry of Jesus
Your kingdom come. Your will be done On earth as it is in heaven. Matthew 6:10
The fourth sentence is a request concerning God’s will. “Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven” (verse 10). We here pray that God’s laws may be obeyed by men as perfectly, readily and unceasingly as they are by angels in heaven.
We ask that those who do not obey his laws now may be taught to obey them, and that those who do obey them may obey them better. Our truest happiness is perfect submission to God’s will, and it is the purest love to pray that all mankind may know it, obey it and submit to it. 1
Personal Encouragement
What is one request that God has made of you, but you have yet to obey it? What will it take for you to submit to His will today?
But He turned and said to Peter, “Get behind Me, Satan! You are an offense to Me, for you are not mindful of the things of God, but the things of men.” Matthew 16:23
A common prayer to avoid is: “My will be done on earth all the time.”
A Prayer
Lord, please forgive me for failing to yield to Your will for my life.
1. Ryle, J. C. (1993). Matthew. Wheaton, IL: Crossway Books.
