Luke 11:1-2 “Now it came to pass, as He was praying in a certain place, when He ceased, that one of His disciples said to Him, "Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples." (2) So He said to them, "When you pray, say: Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.”
Our Lord Jesus taught us to pray that God’s perfect will would be accomplished in our lives, for in the above passage of scripture, we see our Lord teaching us to pray that our Father’s will would be done in our lives, as it is in heaven. The reason that Jesus taught us to pray in this manner, is because there is perfect submission to the will of God in heaven, and Jesus was teaching us to pray to God that we too would be perfectly submitted to the will of God on the earth. For it is only on the earth, that God’s perfect will is not always accomplished in the lives of men, for in this life, God will not override the freewill of man. However, although God allows men to reject His perfect will for their lives and thus walk in His permissible will, there is a price to pay, for God warns men about the consequences of not submitting themselves to His will. And so, for those who continue to reject God’s perfect will for their lives, there is a cut off point, for God does not allow men to walk in His permissible will indefinitely, for God eventually judges them as the one Who ultimately governs His creation according to the council of His will (Ephesians 1:11).
Michael E.B. Maher
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