Deny CHRIST: Pt 12 " THY WILL BE DONE "

MATTHEW_6:10

THY KINGDOM COME - THE WORD “KINGDOM” HERE MEANS “REIGN.” Note, Mat_3:2. The petition is the expression of a wish THAT GOD MAY “REIGN” EVERYWHERE; THAT HIS LAWS MAY BE OBEYED; and especially that the GOSPEL OF CHRIST MAY BE ADVANCED EVERYWHERE, until the world shall be filled with his glory.

THY WILL BE DONE - THE WILL OF GOD IS, THAT PEOPLE SHOULD OBEY HIS LAW, AND BE HOLY. THE WORD “WILL,” HERE, HAS REFERENCE TO HIS LAW, AND TO WHAT WOULD BE “ACCEPTABLE” TO HIM. To pray, then, that his will may be done, on earth as in heaven, is TO PRAY THAT HIS “LAW,” HIS “REVEALED WILL,” MAY BE OBEYED AND LOVED. HIS LAW IS PERFECTLY OBEYED IN HEAVEN, and his true children most ardently desire and pray that it may also be obeyed on the earth.

The object of these three “first” petitions, is, that God’s name should be glorified and his kingdom established; and by being placed first, WE LEARN THAT HIS GLORY AND KINGDOM ARE OF MORE CONSEQUENCE THAN OUR WANTS, and that these should be first in our hearts and petitions before a throne of grace.

albert barnes exposition of the bible