HEAVEN'S WILL NOT OURS!!

Matthew 6:9-13

⁹ “This, then, is how you should pray: “‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, ¹⁰ your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. 
¹¹ Give us today our daily bread. ¹² And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. ¹³ And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one."


This awesome model prayer that gives us a basic format for approaching the King of Heaven and Earth blesses me to meditating on. So far we have looked at the fact that we are the children of God who honor and bless the names of our God that show us His character and attributes that are bountiful toward us.


The next phrase that we are meditating on is "your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven". We are subjects of our Father's kingdom. The great and mighty God has a perfect will that is for our peace, joy, and prosperity. 


This part of the model tells us we should pray for the kingdom of God to come upon this earth. God has a perfect plan for our lives. Jeremiah 29:11 tells us that God's good plan for us is that we live in blessings and not curses, that we live in hope for a blessed future. This comes to us as we pray for and plead for God's great will to be done. This is a matter of trust and obedience to the joy of seeing what God has in store for us as His children.


So many times when we pray, we are guilty of praying our will upon God. We pray from a standpoint of of what "we think" that God should do in our circumstances and situations. It is as if God needs our advice and help. If we come to God regularly, and live as the word says "praying always" then His will is not hidden from us. There is great power when we agree with our human counterparts, but how much more so when we come into agreement with our God and King for His will to be done. When we approach God, it should be done with all humility and surrender to what we know to be the great will of God. 


Jesus said in John 8:28 that He only did and said what the Heavenly Father had taught Him. If the very Son of God depended upon the will and ways of His Father, how much more so should we cling to the altar of God and know Him and His will. 


I should want the will of God for my life. I should give my life more to the Lord and submit to His will. The power of God will rest more on my life if heaven's will is upon it instead of my own. That's what I have been thinking....