Wednesday, March 2, 2016 Thy Will Be Done
Hear now, O Israel,
the decrees and laws I am about to teach you. Follow them so that you may live
and may go in and take possession of the land that the LORD, the God of your fathers, is giving you. Do not add to
what I command you and do not subtract from it, but keep the commands of the LORD your God that I give you. Deuteronomy 4:1-2
God’s
promise of blessing was subject to Israel’s response to His laws and decrees.
Israel’s obedience here should be understood in the broad sense as obedience
that results from God’s gift of faith. Go in and take possession of the land.
This command was given 70 times in the book of Deuteronomy. However, as Israel
transitions from the nomadic to the settled life, God’s relationship with them
will not change.[1]
What
is the 3rd Petition? Thy will
be don on earth as it is in heaven. What does this mean? The good and
gracious will of God is done even without our prayer, but we pray in this
petition that it may be done among us also. [2]
Give ear to our prayers, O Lord, and direct
the way of your servants in safety under your protection, that, amid all the
changes of our earthly pilgrimage, we may be guarded by your mighty aid;
through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy
Spirit, one God, forever and ever. Amen.[3]
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