[“Thy
kingdom come, thy will be done”] If you prayed that consistently
and sincerely, how might that begin to affect your priorities? Your
perspective on life? Your plans? How might it lead you to “prepare
the way” for God's kingdom? (Serendipity Bible 10th
Anniversary Edition, page 1048).
“Thy
kingdom come, thy will be done” can be set aside the later prayer
of Jesus “not my will, but thine be done.” Here in these words
the abiding stance is the unusual profile of humility before the will
of God. At long last the incessant human desire to have one's own
way predominate is abated. What might we expect from such an
attitude. The primary results will be that rather than having a
closed mind, there will be an open one—open to new possibilities
and to heretofore unheard of options which will be considered not
dismissively but entertained with all seriousness. Defensiveness will
abate. Furthermore it is no longer stipulated that I must be
entirely pleased with the results. Self-sacrifice for a greater good
at long last enters the equation. In many ways “the will of God”
equates with “the greater good”—not my will alone be done, but
the greater good be done. With such an attitude surely the kingdom
of God will draw closer and the way for his kingdom more commodiously
prepared.
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