“God’s Will for You and Me.”

By Phil Brewster

Have you ever wondered what God’s will is for you? Maybe you have thought in terms of a preacher, teacher, or Doctor…maybe an engineer?

Jesus gave us a good list of things God wills for us when He gave us the Lord’s Prayer. Let’s consider how this prayer reveals God’s will for us.

“Our Father who art in Heaven, hallowed be Thy Name.”

God wants us to recognize and acknowledge Him for who He is and to praise Him. If we do this it opens up for us all His blessings to follow.

“Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done, on Earth as it is in Heaven.”

God created the Earth and all that is therein…including you and me.

Our sin corrupted the World, yet God’s will is that it be restored, both the world and our devotion.

“Give us this day our daily bread.”

This not only refers to the food we eat, but to all our needs…physical, mental, and spiritual. He wants us to feed on His word, and …
He wants for us all that keeps us alive and happy in body, mind, and spirit.

“Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us.”

We can not continue to exist with God in our sinful state, so His will is for us to be cleansed of our sin, washed as white as snow. This is why He sent Jesus to die for our sins. We must forgive others because not forgiving shuts out the reception of God’s forgiveness to us.

“Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil.”

When we disobey God, we give Satan the authority to insert evil into our souls. God wants us to reside with Him…not Satan…and to do that we must remove the evil from our hearts.

“For thine is the Kingdom and the power, and the Glory forever, Amen.”

His will is that we end up where we started…praising Him; acknowledging that He is all-powerful and that the Kingdom and the power and the glory are His, and His alone.

We are the children of God and His will is that we will all, sooner or later, come home.