[Jesus said]: “Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is
in heaven.”
The kingdom of heaven comes about when we obey God’s will. So when we pray the Lord’s Prayer, we are saying that we have signed up to working for this amazing kingdom and we want to bring it about here and now. We want the kingdom to be established in our family, our community, our workplace and our church.
Some years ago, I was sent a wonderful press cutting. It was the report of the stone-laying of a church in Plymouth in 1905. It was a wet day, but even so, the event went ahead and the mayor of the city kindly attended. He was clearly a Christian, and declared that the more widely the good news of Jesus Christ was proclaimed, the less work there would be for the police and magistrates – and the less claim would be made on the poor relief of the town. Speaking generally, he said:
“the proclamation of the Good News made municipal work more easy and the rates more light”. I love that! He was saying that the church’s business was to introduce the kingdom of heaven – and that would have
an impact on the whole community. With less crime, council tax would come down!
Too often churches turn in on themselves and forget that God’s desire is that we should work for the coming of His kingdom on earth as it is in heaven.
Question In what way are you working to bring the kingdom of heaven here on earth?
Prayer Lord God, thank You that You have invited us to work with You to bring
Your kingdom to our world today. Amen

Released on 10 Nov 2026