Monday, October 13, 2025
Your will be done… Matthew 6:10b
Praying Your will be done...
We are currently in a series on The Lord’s Prayer, titled “Pray Like This.” The Lord’s prayer is a model Jesus gave us to help us pray in the right way – a way that will help us live and look more and more like him every day. Our key truth for this series is, “To pray like Jesus prayed is to see like Jesus saw, trust like Jesus trusted, and live like Jesus lived.”
As Pastor Jim pointed out yesterday, Your will be done, is often the most difficult prayer we will ever pray. We like to be in control and we like to dictate to God how we expect him to answer our prayers instead of trusting in sovereignty. He made us. He knows us inside and out, and as we learn more about him in our relationship with him we understand that he is a promise keeping God who desires the very best for his children. Knowing and understanding his characteristics makes that easier.
As Christians we talk a lot about trusting God. We sing songs about it. We wear shirts about it. We decorate our homes with it. But many of us struggle greatly with complete trust in God for the most important things and people in our lives. To help us fully trust God we need to understand God’s will of decree and God’s will of desire.
God’s Will of Decree: God is sovereign over all things and that means that nothing happens apart from his will. We cannot ruin or mess up God’s plans. No person, circumstance, or Satan can stop it. His will of decree will always line up with his perfect nature and promises. He is wise, just, loving, and trustworthy. He always fulfills his promises. When we know and understand this about God we know we can fully trust him.
God’s Will of Desire: God wants us to be obedient. He desires his followers to be like him. But he has given us free will to choose in every situation whether we will be obedient to him or choose disobedience. He desires us to make the right choice every time but gives us the freedom to choose, meaning his desire is not always lived out.
How do we pray for God’s will to be done and what is the result?
Praying Your will be done means surrender. Full and complete surrender is open handed, surrender to his sovereign control. We can trust his sovereign control. It is praying for a heart that desires what is pure and aligns with his commands. He invites us into his eternal plan and when we choose obedience we are choosing to step into that plan with him. It is truly meaning it when we say Your will be done, being willing to accept his good and perfect will for your life. It is laying down your own desires and sin nature to do what is right and pleasing to him. When we respond to God’s will with surrender and obedience, we are his hands and feet on this earth, taking the Kingdom of God to others.
Are you praying for God’s will to be done in your life?
If not, will you begin to pray for his will in your life today?
