Your Kingdom Come Your Will be Done
I
have been spiritually challenged by this statement – Your Kingdom come, Your will be done for the past months. One day I
was introduced to a lady by a friend of mine. What disturbed me was the way I
was introduced by my friend. She said, ‘This is my good friend Teresa. She is a prophet.’ The lady said,
‘Excellent, she can pray for us.’ I was utterly shocked with such an
introduction. Fear, feelings of inadequacy entered my mind and I felt sick in
the stomach.
The next morning I
woke up with a song in my heart on ‘Our
Lord’s Prayer’. The line ‘Your
Kingdom come Your will be done’ stayed in my mind for some time and I sensed
God was saying something important to me; ‘I
taught this prayer so my disciples will know the Fatherhood of God. I taught them
to pray first about the thing that concerns the Father’ heart so they will act
with my Kingdom mentality’.
There is only one Way
He carried on to speak to me from Matthew 26, where Jesus was praying in the
Garden of Gethsemane.
Matt 26: 38
– My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death….
V 39 - … He
fell on His face to the ground and prayed, ‘My Father, if it is possible, may
this cup be taken from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will.
V 42 – a
second time Jesus prayed, ‘My Father, if it is not possible for this cup to be
taken away unless I drink it, may your will be done.’
V 44 – once
more He prayed the third time, saying the same thing.
Jesus
must be asking the Father, “Is there any
other way to bring redemption Father?”. But there is no other way because
He is the way.
The
Lord said to me, ‘When I prayed your will
be done, my mind was focused on my Father’s plan, to save and redeem all man. At such a time of agony, I was thinking of
my Father’s love. It was that love that helped me to stay committed to
my Father’s plan. The thought of
victory that would follow after my death gave me the strength to endure the
pain.’
Our
Father
He said, “Notice I said ‘Our Father’, not
‘My Father’. I expect my people to have a sense of community in their prayer. I was teaching my disciples not to think of themselves
only but think about the well being of others both in prayer and in the things
they do.”
As
I pondered on this, I think of what the Lord said in:
Mat 22:37-40
- Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul and with all your
mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like it: Love
your neighbor as you love yourself. All the Law and the Prophets hang on these
two commandments
We
are saved us so that we would know the Father’s love. I believe God’ desire is
that He will be the lover of our souls. Everything we do and say has to be
birthed out of that divine love in our heart and that can only come out of an intimate
relationship with Him. If we know Him and His love deeply, we will know His
heart for others. The deeper we experience His love, the more His love will be
imparted in us for others because the very nature of God is LOVE.
Your Kingdom Come
The
Lord asked me, ‘What does your kingdom
come your will be done mean?’ I said, ‘It means letting go of my own
desires, my ideas and my plans. It means knowing and embracing your heart’s
desire and acting in obedience to carry out your desire and your will.’ He said
to me, ‘Do it then. Am I not sending you?’.
A
hugh sense of responsibility came upon me, I felt if I would not pray for that
lady due to fear, then I really cannot sincerely pray ‘Our Father, let your Kingdom come let your will be done’. I felt convicted
that day to pray His kingdom come, His will be done means to be obedient when
God requires me to do anything that is on His heart, for anyone and at anytime.
I
came to the conclusion that if I pray Your
Kingdom Come, Your will be done, I have to cooperate with our God. It means stepping out of my own limitations
and understanding, avail myself to be a vessel God can use. The ability to do
the job will follow the step of obedience I take.
Kingdom of God is within you
Jesus
said to His disciples :
Luke 17:21 “…the
The
word kingdom speaks of "the domain of a king." It also carries
the meaning of "a realm or region where there is
rulership by something or someone."
So,
the
To
pray Our Father, let Your kingdom come Your
will be done, we have to see ourselves as partners of Christ doing His will
and His purposes. How is God going to do His will unless His people align
themselves to His will? As far as the kingdom is concerned, it has to begin
with us. The Lord’s prayer is a prayer for the
church to be His Kingdom builders.
Application Time
I have been so challenged by it that ever since and often enough I prayed this
simple prayer, Lord let your kingdom come
let your will be done here. As a result many miracles happened. God’s Kingdom is indeed about bringing
salvation, healing, and deliverance for all. It is about transforming life.
I
am convinced that the time has come for the Lord to release the mantle for signs
and wonders on His people not just only in church services but also in the
workplaces, at homes, in the hospitals, at shopping centers and on the streets.
With the anointing comes responsibility. God is looking for vessels He can trust,
He can use. We are a channel of God’s
presence in the world, we are called to be Kingdom builders in this world.
This
calls for a lifestyle of deep intimacy with Him. As we walk in deep intimacy
with the Lord we carry heavenly atmosphere wherever we go. May your life be completely
surrendered to Christ even dying to self as if you are offering a daily living
sacrifice - the very essence of the Lord’s Prayer.
Pastor Teresa Tay