Our Father … Your Will Be Done
Luke 11:2 NKJV
So He said to them, “When you pray, say: Our Father in heaven …Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.”
Whenever we come to God in prayer, whose will are you seeking to be implemented? Your will? Or God’s will?
When we pray we must remember that God is the leader and we are His followers; God is in command and we are to obey Him; God is our Father and we are His children.
We must remember that we cannot force God to perform our will. Rather it is us who must follow and perform the will of God because He is the Shepherd and we are the sheep.
This is why Jesus taught us to pray, “Our Father in heaven… Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.” He wants us to remember that our prayers should seek, invite, and align with God’s will and purposes, bringing them into reality through our intercession.
The matters we bring before God in prayer should reflect His plans and purposes—both for the situation we’re praying about and for our own lives.
Mark 14:36 NKJV
And He said, “Abba, Father, all things are possible for You. Take this cup away from Me; nevertheless, not what I will, but what You will.”
Before Jesus went to the cross, He already felt the overwhelming weight—the pressure, responsibility, and unimaginable suffering—that would come with giving His life for the sins of the world. As a man, He could have yielded to human temptation or the intense emotions urging Him to avoid the crucifixion. Yet Jesus understood that the Father’s will must come first. This is why, in the garden of Gethsemane, He prayed, “…not what I will, but what You will.”
We are called to follow Jesus’ example in prayer. Our prayers should seek not our own desires, but the will of the Father. We must pray and live in alignment with God’s purpose for our lives.
Praying according to God’s will isn’t always easy or emotionally comfortable—such as when Jesus commands us to pray for our enemies. But we can trust that God knows what is best for us, and that whatever He plans will always lead to what is truly good.
TODAY. Pray the will of God.
