By Roydon Frost
This is one of our top devotions of 2020 published on the 06th of April 2020. Find the full article here
Our Father
You are a father to us, and we are many. These truths alone speak untold blessing to us. They are only ours because of your Son. You are a father to us because you are a father to him, and he is a brother to us. You came close in your Son and called us home in love. Our Father!
…in heaven…
Though a father, you remain God. Though you have come near, you sit on the throne of the universe. It makes your fatherly loving and your kingly coming all the more precious to us. It is a deep comfort that we pray to one who directs all power, and to one who directs all power in love. You, Father God Almighty, are both willing and able to hear our prayers.
…hallowed be your name…
Father, make yourself known to a lost humanity. Reveal your glory to us. Show us the otherness of yourself. Show us the excellence of your being. May we celebrate the saving wonder of seeing you as you are, in all your beautiful holiness. May your name be honoured in all the world.
…your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
May your name be hallowed so that at the name of Jesus knees bow and tongues confess that Jesus is King to the glory of God the Father. Your name and not ours. Your Kingdom and not ours. Your will and not ours. Father, we are praying for a total revolution, for the total upending of our cherished autonomy. We dare not pray this prayer and truly mean it. Give us the courage to pray it. Give us the faith to know that your will is the only truly safe and blessed place to be…Keep Reading