https://odb.org/2024/09/13/kingdom-shaped-workplace
The Lord’s prayer teaches us how to pray as a basic structure of what we should pray for, although the prerequisite remains a sincere and forgiving heart.
You may find the whole prayer in Matthew 6:9-13 NKJV:
9 In this manner, therefore, pray:
Our Father in heaven,
Hallowed be Your name.
10 Your kingdom come.
Your will be done
On earth as it is in heaven.
11 Give us this day our daily bread.
12 And forgive us our debts,
As we forgive our debtors.
13 And do not lead us into temptation,
But deliver us from the evil one.
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
It starts by addressing God as our Heavenly Father and by giving honour and proclaiming His name. Then we pray that His Kingdom will come and His will be done here on earth as it is in heaven. We then seek His forgiveness for our sins (debts as translated in NKJV) as we also forgive others who have sinned against us. Lastly, but not the least, we pray that God will not lead us into temptation but deliver us from the devil and ends with another proclamation that His is the kingdom, power, and glory forevermore!
Central to the Lord’s prayer is the prayer for the will of God be done here on earth as it is in heaven. Like George Cadbury imagining how heaven will be like and providing suitable housing for his workers in Bournville, we should also imagine how “His will will be done here on earth as it is in heaven” in the various situations of our lives. In the life struggles we face, we pray for His will be done, not our desires or ambitions but His will, that is, His plans and purposes. In the choices we make, may His will be done. In the career decisions we make, may His will be done. In the relationships we cultivate, the opportunities we pursue, the talents we develop, the spiritual gifts we grow, may His will be done. No less important, imagine too that His will may be done here on earth through us and our lives in our own little sphere of influence – be it our family or at our university or college or school or at our workplace! We are His instruments, the touch points for Him to reach out to others around us with His love, compassion, and grace. May our lives reflect His glory and will here on earth as it is in heaven!
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