Thy kingdom come, thy will be done,
On earth as it is in heaven.
I can roll these words around in my head over and over. Jesus promises to come back and when he does heaven will follow. However, I like to think that these two lines are a call to arms. As we know from the bible, heaven is perfect. It is somewhere that we are all destined to get to. Jesus promises us that our belief in him is the entry ticket. Though this comes with a caveat. Faith without good works is pointless. This line is a challenge to us. God wants our lives on earth to mimic and replicate as closely as possible the life we will experience in heaven. A sin-less, perfect environment. Your kingdom and Your rules on earth as it is in heaven.
When I dwell on this I'm challenged by the cartoon that shows a young believer and Jesus on a park bench and the young man says to Jesus "So why do you allow things like famine, war, suffering, disease, crime, homelessness, despair etc. here on earth?” and Jesus replies "Interesting that you should bring that up, I was going to ask you the exact same question"
It's up to us. God gives us everything possible to make Earth as it is in heaven, we simply need to choose to do so.
God, give me the knowledge to do your work on Earth, to make it heavenly and give me the strength to continue when the path is hard. Amen.
Steve Fogo
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