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今天让我们更深入地认识主祷文的内容。神是我们的父，祂爱我们，希望与我们建立关系，也呼召我们遵行祂的旨意。这是因为祂希望我们能拥有最丰盛的生命，虽然我们有时看不到这一点。

让自己顺服神的旨意，让祂掌管人生，这并不容易。我喜欢去教会，我喜欢在神的应许中找到安慰。但是我并不总是渴望在我的生活中遵循神的旨意。我通常只想做我愿意的事。

但是抱着这种态度，我最终可能会满足于短暂的、属世的财富，而不是神希望的整全丰盛的生活。那样，我尚未认识到，神的国度降临，比我的理想国实现，其实会更好。

然而，当我效法耶稣的榜样，为神的国度降临而祈祷时，我就会敞开我的生命，让天地的主宰——神来充满我。我邀请神来成就祂认为最好的事，即使这意味着我要改变，或感到不舒服。这表示我在承诺，我追求神的旨意高过一切。

你准备好为此祈祷了吗？你是否准备好祈求神的旨意，即使这意味着改变工作，或奉献金钱，或与你不喜欢的人共处？为了看到神的旨意成就，你愿意冒怎样的风险？

Let’s look a little deeper into the Lord’s Prayer today. God our Father, who loves us and wants a relationship with us, also calls us to do his will. That’s because he wants the best life possible for us, even if we can’t always see that.

It’s not easy to surrender ourselves to God’s will or control. I like going to church, and I like finding comfort in God’s promises. But I’m not always eager to follow God’s will in my life. I usually just want to do what I want to do.

But with that attitude I can end up settling for fleeting, earthly treasures rather than the full life that God wants for me. And then I fail to recognize that it is better if God’s kingdom comes instead of mine.

When I follow Jesus’ example, however, and I pray for God’s kingdom to come, I’m opening my life to be filled by the sovereign God of heaven and earth. I’m inviting God to do whatever he thinks is best, even if it means change. Or discomfort. It’s a pledge to pursue God’s purposes above all else.

Are you prepared to pray for that? Are you ready to pray that God’s will be done, even if that means changing jobs or giving money away or spending time with someone you don’t like? What are you willing to risk in order to see God’s will done?