Lord God, this is Your Day, be glorified in it and may Your glory shine through the life of this dear reader; in Christ Jesus I pray,amen.
We continue our conversation about The Lord's Prayer with this text, "which art in heaven..." (Matthew 6:9) KJV.
Let me tell you, God's art in Heaven is all masterpieces, but the greatest there are us; for we were all magnificently designed and created by God! I know, this is not the "art" in this passage, but I still affirm and believe that first statement. The "art" here is a verb stating a place, a wonderful place where God can be found. Many modern versions simply say, "in heaven." Jesus knew Heaven as a place, and our belief is that Jesus helped create it and from there He came and to there He returned. Heaven is a residence, a dwelling place not fully understood until John the disciple had his vision of it in Revelation, 21:18 where he describes the city as being "pure gold." A word picture of a place too marvelous to describe. The drawing card of Heaven is not the material or spiritual things that it may or may not be built on, it is that there is the eternal city of God found now, with God being the greatest to seek and find.
Our prayer life should reflect the hope and faith we have in a better place, a reminder that with God with us, whatever we may be facing or enduring now is only temporal and should not discourage us. Our longing should be God, a continuation of the declaration that Jesus made in our study from yesterday, "Our Father."
PRAYER: Loving God, as I pray, I seek You. Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power and the glory, forever and ever. Amen.
Have a great and blessed day in the Lord!
Eradio Valverde
