On Earth As It Is In Heaven

"your kingdom come,
your will be done
on earth as it is in heaven." Matthew 6:10

I keep thinking about this verse. And I keep thinking about the fact that it is part of The Lord's Prayer, and people probably say this all the time without really thinking about what they are saying. "On earth as it is in Heaven." Well, how is it in Heaven? While we don't know a lot of what Heaven is like, we know some things. There is no sickness in Heaven. There is no sorrow, no sadness, no grieving. There is no evil, no wrong-doing, and there is no suffering. Heaven is peace and joy and love, and an eternity spent in the presence of our Awesome God.

So when we pray, when we recite "On earth as it is in Heaven." What are we actually saying? We're asking that there be no sickness, no sorrow, no sadness, no discouragement. We're asking God to make things here on earth like they are in Heaven! And even better, is that Jesus himself told us to go ahead and say that- he told us how to pray and told us to ask that it be "on earth as it is in Heaven."

What an encouragement! Really, when something or someone in life has you down, take a moment and pray, "on earth as it is in Heaven" and just see how saying those words can make you feel better almost instantly. We can find comfort and encouragement in one of the most often quoted passages of the Bible- and that to me is a great thing!