Pray like this; “Our Father, Who art in heaven, hallowed be Your Name…Your Kingdom come Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Matthew 6:10-13 is Jesus’ response to the Disciples request, “Lord teach us to pray”. This is lovingly referred to as the Lord’s prayer and many recite it daily. But these passages are a model in which to be built on, a foundation of prayer giving an outline of things to consider in prayer. What is this one thing “Your kingdom come, Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven” look like? How do we do this?
Heaven came to earth in the form of the Son Jesus Christ and heaven will come again in the last days in that same form. But today, heaven comes through men formed by The Holy Spirit in the image of Jesus Christ. Men and Women who are filled with the Holy Spirit of revelation of who He is, who act, talk, pray, and become like Him therefore walk in the power of Christ on the earth.
We are notorious for saying “Oh the Lord’s will be done” but we neglect to find out what that will is and agree with it so that we my speak it. It IS NOT the will of Yahweh for the earth to be ruled by wickedness, yet the responsibility lies on the hearts of men who have not been formed by Jesus, we have not become image bearers of the Lord’s heart for the earth. The spiritual laziness of the church itself is the reason we are where we are in this cesspool of depravity and sin. Leonard Ravenhill “Why Revival Tarries” leaves the total responsibility on church leadership.
Galatians 4:19 “Oh my dear children, I feel as if I am going through labor again for you and will continue to do so until the FULLNESS of Christ is formed in your lives”. We release heaven on the earth by coming into the fullness of Christ, by knowing His heart who is One with the Father’s heart (John 17) and becoming One with Them. So part of the release is that those who bare His Image now, pray for the fullness of His Image in others.
Prayer from this place of abiding IN Christ is prayer that proclaims who He is and what He says. It becomes the fulfillment of Psalm 68:11 “The Lord sent His Word and a great army proclaims it”! Abiding prayer hears the heartbeat of heaven, and releases heaven on the earth through our words, songs, tears and groans.
So today, consider that when we pray “Your kingdom come, Your will be done on the earth as it is in heaven” we ARE the actual key to do that. We release heaven on earth through our Oneness with the Father, hearing what He says and praying that by faith. We put our words to 2 Corinthians 4:18 “Now Faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not yet seen”. Through His Word and His Spirit, we have full access to His heart and as we come into agreement with that, through faith, His words become our words because His heart has become our heart and heaven is released on the earth. #MyGodisYahweh