We ask of God in the Lord’s Prayer that “His will be done in earth as it is in heaven,” seemingly forgetting that such a plea may sometimes be at odds with our personal will.
Our own spiritual well-being demands that we at all times honour our undertaking to God, manifesting our love for both Him and our fellow-man, and doing unto others as we would like done to us. Meanwhile, and no less so, the mind is asserting its role in shaping our day-to-day conduct. How to reconcile what at first blush appears to be a contradiction of opposing forces, becomes the nagging question.
Were we to reflect, even for a moment, on this conundrum we would find the answer within the Lord’s Prayer itself. In exercising our will as a child of God thoughts of the mind become transcendent, reflecting His presence. By its very nature, our will becomes one with that of God’s: Our entire Being is given over to doing as God does and is.
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