One pastor called the Christian life "lived" prayers. I like this image because if I had one desire for my life it would to be the answered prayer of God to someone or some situation. In ministry there have been many times that people have told me I showed up or responded just after they had prayed to God for help. I didn't have any clue about their prayer. In many of these cases I wasn't even aware of a need. Yet God somehow worked through a very inadequate person ... me. I think this is why God has called us, the Church, to be the agents who are to bring His will "on earth as it is in heaven." It's not that we are worthy. It's not that we always do the right things or make the right choices. I think it is a reminder that God desires a peculiar people called Christians to light their world with a little heaven. I know this is a high calling but what higher authority could there be than God? Who could have spoken these words more forcefully or more appropriately than our Lord, Jesus?
"Lord ... today may thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Here I am Lord, send me!"
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