Cindy Powell

Are you weighed down by challenges, issues, too many  problems … don’t know how to pray?

Your kingdom come, Your will be done–on earth as it is in heaven.

Are you  worried, anxious, inundated by bad news … don’t know what to do?

Your kingdom come, Your will be done–on earth as it is in heaven. 

Are you frustrated, perplexed, confused by too many opinions … don’t know what to believe?

Your kingdom come, Your will be done–on earth as it is in heaven. 

I think it is pretty obvious to anyone who is still breathing that we are living in rather tumultuous times–at least as far as what we can see with our natural eyes. The political and social climate both in our nation and around the world has become more intense, complex, and often, divisive. Add our own personal issues and challenges into the mix, and it is easy to see why so many people are walking around overwhelmed, anxious, and often in despair. Many have been driven to prayer – which on the surface sounds good – and it is! But it’s not as good as it could be.

It’s not as good as it could be because far too often we resort to praying from our feelings, opinions, experiences, biases, and desires–rather than His. Prayer is communion and communication with God. It is supposed to be a two-way conversation. It’s not that those other things are always wrong, but we can’t solely rely on our own opinions and desires because they’re not always in alignment with God’s. We need to continually seek His heart and will. We need to keep our hands and hearts open in surrender whenever we come before Him. Whether we recognize it or not, we don’t always know how to pray–so we need Him to teach us.

And how did Jesus teach us to pray?

Your kingdom come, Your will be done–on earth as it is in heaven. 

We need to seek first the reality of  His kingdom–released on earth as it is in heaven. Because when we seek first His kingdom, “all these (other) things are added to you” (Matt. 6:33).

Here’s the thing–God does want prayer to be a time of communion between your heart and His. He wants you to know and share His heart. And He wants you to join Him in declaring His hearts desire in your life, your family, your city, your country—even the nations of the earth. Agreement is POWERFUL—especially when we agree with God!  And not only that, agreeing with His plans is actually something that gives Him profound pleasure:

God has now revealed to us his mysterious plan regarding Christ, a plan to fulfill his own good pleasure. And this is the plan: At the right time he will bring everything together under the authority of Christ—everything in heaven and on earth. —Eph. 1:9-10 (NLT)

Does that sound familiar? It should, because it sounds an awful lot like “Your kingdom come, Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.”

This has been His plan all along. Let’s join Him in declaring His purposes and in seeing His heart’s desire fulfilled on the earth …

Your kingdom come, Your will be done–on earth as it is in heaven!

**Just a quick note that I will be leaving for Israel in a couple days and most likely won’t have a chance to post for a few weeks. I will catch you all on the flip side! Here are the podcast links for this week:

Here is the podcast link for this week’s devotion:  Monday Morning Musings – Your Kingdom Come

And the Sound Cloud Link: