We quote confidently as we should Psalm 23 when we say: The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. Our trust is in our Sovereign God and Father, Lord of heaven and earth (Luke 10:21ff). In our passage this Lord's Day, Jesus teaches his disciples what has been known as “the Lord's prayer”; but this is also the prayer taught by the Lord for his disciples to pray. Perhaps we should call this the Disciple's Prayer or The Kingdom Prayer as well?
Last week we had Kingdom Discipleship 101 on loving God and our neighbor as ourselves. This week in Luke 11:1-13, we have Kingdom Discipleship 101 on praying to God and trusting that his Kingdom will come, and that his will be done. Jesus is revealing himself to be the Great Shepherd-Pastor in his teaching to the disciples. Jesus is the Shepherd-Pastor who makes us lie down in green pastures, who guides, leads, and sustains us; who comforts us and ensures that goodness and mercy will be our existence as those who belong to Him. What a privilege as his children that we can pray to God, Maker of heaven and earth, through our Mediator Jesus Christ!
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Rev. Charles R. Biggs, Th.M. is the Regional Home Missionary of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church in the Presbytery of the Mid Atlantic (Virginia and Maryland). His website: www.joiningtheharvest.org. He was pastor of Ketoctin Covenant Presbyterian Church in Purcellville, VA. for...
