Thy will be done

  • "Thy will be done" - may we no longer strive with Him

    After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. 10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.

    –Matthew 6:9-10, KJV


    Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands? 10 Woe unto him that saith unto his father, What begettest thou? or to the woman, What hast thou brought forth?
    –Isaiah 45:9-10, KJV


    Woe to him who strives with him who formed him, a pot among earthen pots! Does the clay say to him who forms it, What are you making? or Your work has no handles? 10 Woe to him who says to a father, What are you begetting? or to a woman, With what are you in labor?

    –Isaiah 45:9-10, ESV
    Our Father which art in heaven,
    Hallowed be Thy Name.
    Thy Kingdom come.
    Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.

    How often we strive with You, our Maker!
    How often we strive with You, our Father!
    How often we strive with You, our Potter!

    Does the creature strive with his Creator?
    Does the babe strive with his Father?
    Does the clay strive with the Potter?

    We were once dead to You.
    Our hearts were hearts of stone.
    In Christ You have taken away our hearts of stone.
    You have put Your Spirit within us.
    You have made us alive to You.
    You have given us warm hearts of flesh.

    Yet we confess we have allowed our hearts to grow hard and cold.

    Jesus Christ, our Baptizer, come and baptize us with your fire.
    Holy Spirit, come to us, sanctify us, purify us.
    Your Word is like a fire.
    Your Word is like a hammer.
    Thaw our cold hearts.
    Break our hard hearts.

    Give us moldable minds.

    that we might no longer strive with You, our Maker
    that we might no longer strive with You, our Father
    that we might no longer strive with You, our Potter
    Give us moldable hearts
    that we might no longer strive with You, our Maker
    that we might no longer strive with You, our Father
    that we might no longer strive with You, our Potter
    Give us moldable wills.
    that we might no longer strive with You, our Maker
    that we might no longer strive with You, our Father
    that we might no longer strive with You, our Potter

    Your are our Maker.
    You are our Father.
    We are Your new creation.
    Do with us as You will.

    You are our Potter.
    We are the clay.
    Do with us as You will.

    You are our Father.
    We are Your children.
    You have breathed life into us.
    We are Your new creation.
    The Spirit of Your Son dwells within us.
    So we might no longer pray like the first Adam:

    "My will be done,"
    but that we might pray like the last Adam, Your obedient Son:
    "Not my will but Yours be done."

    Have Thine own way, Lord!
    (Adelaide A. Pollard, 1907)

    Have Thine own way, Lord! Have Thine own way!
          Thou art the Potter, I am the clay.
    Mold me and make me after Thy will,
         While I am waiting, yielded and still.

    Have Thine own way, Lord! Have Thine own way!
         Search me and try me, Master, today!
    Whiter than snow, Lord, wash me just now,
         As in Thy presence humbly I bow.

    Have Thine own way, Lord! Have Thine own way!
         Wounded and weary, help me, I pray!
    Power, all power, surely is Thine!
         Touch me and heal me, Savior divine.

    Have Thine own way, Lord! Have Thine own way!
         Hold o’er my being absolute sway!
    Fill with Thy Spirit ’till all shall see
         Christ only, always, living in me.

    Confess how You have not allowed Your Maker, Your Father and Your Potter to mold you.
    Ask Him to make you moldable in His hands.

    May He give us a willingness to offer ourselves to be molded as He wills
    that we might no longer strive with Him.

  • "Thy will be done" - might our food be to do His will

    After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.

    –Matthew 5:9-10

    Our Father which art in heaven,

    We pray the words "Thy will be done," but we confess that we are often really not all about Your will being done in our lives but more about "My will be done."

    May Your Spirit continue His sanctifying work in us so we might become more like Your Son, who prayed "Thy will be done."

    ...My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to accomplish his work. John 4:34

    ...I seek not my own will but the will of him who sent me. John 5:30

    For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will but the will of him who sent me. John 6:38

    The Lord is the Spirit. We are Yours, O Lord, and where Your Spirit is there is liberty and freedom.

    May Your love take hold of us so we might desire to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus has taken hold of us.

    May we continue to behold the glory of our Lord so we might transformed into His image from glory to glory, by the Spirit of the Lord.

    Help us to behold Jesus Christ, to gaze upon our Lord, so our wills might be transformed into His from glory to glory, by the Spirit of the Lord.

    ..Might our food be to do the will of him who sends us and to accomplish his work.

    ...Might we seek not our own will but the will of him who sends us.

    For we have been saved by the One who is in heaven, not to do our own will but the will of him who saved us.

    Prayerfully reflect on where in your life you are not able to say,
    "Thy will be done" and confess that to Him.

    Ask the Father to fill you again with His Holy Spirit
    so you might be sanctified to seek and to do His will and not your own,
    so you might pray
    with all your heart,
    all your soul,
    all your mind and
    all your strength,
    "Thy will be done."

  • Who is our Master?

    Please read Genesis 24, Matthew 19:16-30 and Romans 6:1-7:6.

    Our Father which art in heaven,
    Hallowed be thy name.
    Thy kingdom come.
    Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.

    O God, our Gracious and Merciful Redeemer,

    Our every thought is to be of You.
    Our every action is to be for You.
    Our every affection is to be for You.
    Our every action is to be for You.
    Our every word is to be spoken for You.

    We look at Abraham's servant.

    His every thought was of his master.
    His every intention was for his master.
    His every affection was for his master.
    His every action was for his master.
    His every word was spoken for his master.

    We look at ourselves...

    Is our every thought of our Master?
    Is our every intention for our Master?
    Is our every affection for our Master?
    Is our every action for our Master?
    Is our every word spoken for our Master?

    We look at Your sovereign grace poured out on us...

    Shouldn't our every thought be of You?
    Shouldn't our every action be for You?
    Shouldn't our every affection to be for You?
    Shouldn't our every action be for You?
    Shouldn't our every word be spoken for You?

    Who is our Master?

    Ought it not be You, O gracious and merciful God who bought us with His Son's precious blood?

    Who is our Master?

    You have told us we cannot serve two masters.

    Who is our Master?

    We call You "Lord, Lord," but often do not do what You say.

    Who is our Master?

    What do we still lack?

    Who is our Master?

    What masters us?

    Who is our Master?

    The one to whom we present ourselves as slaves to obey.

    Who is our Master?

    To whom are we presenting ourselves as slaves?

    Who is our Master?

    Ought it not be You, O gracious and merciful God who bought us with Your Son's precious blood?

    With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.

    Through Jesus Christ, You have loosed our bonds.
    We are no longer our own, we are the people of God.
    We are Your purchased possession.
    We are no longer our own, we are Your servants.
    We are no longer to serve any other master but You.

    As we have been baptized into Christ, we have been baptized into His death.
    As we have been baptized into Christ, we have been baptized into His life.

    We are to be no longer slaves of sin and dead to You.
    We are to be slaves of Yours and dead to sin.

    If we present ourselves to sin, we are slaves to sin.
    If we present ourselves to You, we are slaves to You.

    If we present ourselves to sin, we bear fruit to death.
    If we present ourselves to You, we bear fruit to You.

    Help us to reckon ourselves to be dead indeed to sin but alive to You in Christ Jesus our Lord.
    Master us, O Lord and Master, so we might willingly present ourselves as slaves to You, our rightful Master.

    May we no longer present ourselves as slaves of uncleanness to sin for fruit to death.
    May we now present ourselves as slaves of righteousness to You for fruit to holiness.

    With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.

    May our every thought be of You, O Master.
    May our every intention be for You, O Master.
    May our every affection be for You, O Master.
    May our every action be for You, O Master.
    May our every word be spoken for You, O Master.

    All for You, O Master.
    Always for You, O Master.
    Everyday, O Master.
    Only for You, O Master.

    With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.

    Our Father which art in heaven,
    Hallowed be thy name.
    Thy kingdom come.
    Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.

    Prayerfully reflect on how He is not Master in your life.
    May the Spirit of truth lead each of us now.

tent_of_meeting

"he called it the tent of meeting..."

I am burdened to pray to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ for the reformation and reviving of Christ's church.

The phrase tent of meeting comes from Exodus 33:7: Now Moses used to take the tent and pitch it outside the camp, far off from the camp, and he called it the tent of meeting. And everyone who sought the Lord would go out to the tent of meeting, which was outside the camp.

This site is devoted to God first and foremost. In all that is done here, my prayer is that God is glorified and His Name magnified and Christ and Him crucified is lifted up so He might be preeminent and God might receive all the praise, honor and glory due His Holy Name. All who have come to a saving knowledge of our Father by grace through faith in the all-sufficient sacrifice of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ are welcome to enter this tent of meeting to seek the Lord.

This blog is a place for all believers in the Lord Jesus Christ to come and seek God's face for revival. My intention is for this tent of meeting to be a holy place where we can enter into PRAYER together to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, as the Holy Spirit leads you, please enter into prayer either here (think of "comments" as prayers) or on your own.

Habakkuk 3:2 O LORD, I have heard the report of you, and your work, O LORD, do I fear. In the midst of the years revive it; in the midst of the years make it known; in wrath remember mercy.

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