In the 3rd part of the Lord’s Prayer Series, we discuss the second part of the Lord’s Prayer, “Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.” We look at this line in terms of the reconciliation of all things and how truly incapable we are of not just doing God’s will, but fully desiring God’s will for our lives and the entire creation. We explore what it looks like to ask God for God’s Kingdom to be a reality in and through us, the grace God offers, and what this means for the entire world.
Scripture Referenced (All NIV)
Matthew 6:10 – “your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.”
Genesis 2:25 – “Adam and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame.”
Genesis 3:7-10 – “Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves. Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the LordGod as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid from the Lord God among the trees of the garden. But the LordGod called to the man, “Where are you?” He answered, ‘I heard you in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid.’”
Colossians 1:19-20 – “For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him,and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross.”
Romans 5:20-6:2 – “The law was brought in so that the trespass might increase. But where sin increased, grace increased all the more,so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? By no means!”
John 3:14-15 – “Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, that everyone who believes may have eternal life in him.”
Other References
Jen Hatmaker – For the Love
AW Tozer- The Pursuit of God
Thomas Merton Prayer – Thoughts in Solitude
My Lord God, I have no idea where I am going.
I do not see the road ahead of me.
I cannot know for certain where it will end.
Nor do I really know myself,
and the fact that I think I am following your will
does not mean that I am actually doing so.
But I believe that the desire to please you
does in fact please you.
And I hope I have that desire in all that I am doing.
I hope that I will never do anything apart from that desire.
And I know that, if I do this,
You will lead me by the right road,
though I may know nothing about it.
Therefore I will trust you always
though I may seem to be lost
and in the shadow of death.
I will not fear, for you are ever with me,
and you will never leave me to face my perils alone.
