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May Your will be done on earth

May Your will be done on earth


" May Your will be done on earth —as it is in Heaven." Luke 11:2

Everything moves on in perfect harmony in Heaven, because the will of God is done there constantly and cheerfully . All the holy ones above know that everything the Lord wills is good; and being entirely free from sin, their will perfectly harmonizes with His.

They obey with perpetual delight ; they serve with unchanging joy . Their great pleasure is to do just what the Lord gives them to do.

John Newton remarks that, "if God were to command one angel to rule an empire, and another to sweep the crossing of a street—each would go about his respective employment with equal pleasure."

Happy will that period be, when the will of God is done on earth as it is in Heaven! For this our Lord has taught us to pray—and this may lead us to expect that in His own time the prayer of His people will be answered—and that earth will be a little Heaven below.

In the meantime, may we in our individual life endeavor to follow the holy ones above in their cheerful obedience to the will of God. And though we continually fail and come short—still may we, in the strength of Jesus, persevere until we join the spirits of the just made perfect.

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