This third petition in the Disciples' Model Prayer, "your will be done," is closely related to the second petition, "your kingdom come," yet it is distinct enough to warrant special attention.
First of all, we should understand that although the ultimate fulfillment is at Christ's return, the more immediate relevance is a prayer that God's will be done here and now, in the church, in the kingdom subjects who live in a fallen and hostile world.
For each of us personally, we are concerned that his kingdom be fulfilled in our lives.
There are two primary aspects of God's will:
1) His decreed will, his eternal plan, that he carries out on earth (cf. Acts 2:23), and
2) His prescriptive will, that is, specific revelation and execution of his will in the lives of his people.
Two examples would be Jesus' submission to the Father's will in submitting to the horrors of the cross, and Paul and the believers' submission to God's will in the prophecy that in Jerusalem suffering and imprisonment awaited him.
Martin Luther in his catechism question on this petition summarizes this teaching in this idea, "that the good will of God would be done on earth but we want it done among us also."
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Wayne Conrad attended New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary and graduated with an M.A. from Criswell College. He is a member and teacher at Good Shepherd Community Church in Dallas, Texas, U.S.A. Brother Wayne has experience preaching biblical theology at conferences, Bible...
