Thursday, February 21, 2008

Thy will be done & Jesus (part 2)

"Thy will be done in earth as it is in heaven."
Enable us to know, as in heaven, so on earth, God is omnipotent, supreme.

Doesn't this verse of the Lord's Prayer prefigure Jesus' prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane? where, the night before his crucifixion, Jesus, with great agony, let go of all his - and the world's - fear of letting go?

That night he gave his life in complete trust to his Father's will, knowing that his Father's will for him was God-being-Spirit not matter, God-being-Life not death, God-being-Love not hate, accepting that the Great I Am is the only Ego, the only will, the only real power - contrary to (in fact, in spite of) everything the world around him and his human senses were telling him.

Here is the scripture (Luke 22:39-52; 63-69):

39And he came out, and went, as he was wont, to the mount of Olives; and his disciples also followed him.
40And when he was at the place, he said unto them, Pray that ye enter not into temptation.
41And he was withdrawn from them about a stone's cast, and kneeled down, and prayed,
42Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.
43And there appeared an angel unto him from heaven, strengthening him.
44And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.
45And when he rose up from prayer, and was come to his disciples, he found them sleeping for sorrow,
46And said unto them, Why sleep ye? rise and pray, lest ye enter into temptation.
47And while he yet spake, behold a multitude, and he that was called Judas, one of the twelve, went before them, and drew near unto Jesus to kiss him.
48But Jesus said unto him, Judas, betrayest thou the Son of man with a kiss?
49When they which were about him saw what would follow, they said unto him, Lord, shall we smite with the sword?
50And one of them smote the servant of the high priest, and cut off his right ear.
51And Jesus answered and said, Suffer ye thus far. And he touched his ear, and healed him.
52Then Jesus said unto the chief priests, and captains of the temple, and the elders, which were come to him, Be ye come out, as against a thief, with swords and staves?
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63And the men that held Jesus mocked him, and smote him.
64And when they had blindfolded him, they struck him on the face, and asked him, saying, Prophesy, who is it that smote thee?
65And many other things blasphemously spake they against him.
66And as soon as it was day, the elders of the people and the chief priests and the scribes came together, and led him into their council, saying,
67Art thou the Christ? tell us. And he said unto them, If I tell you, ye will not believe:
68And if I also ask you, ye will not answer me, nor let me go.
69 Hereafter shall the Son of man sit on the right hand of the power of God.

Though Jesus suffered "a felon's fate," his healing had already occured before his crucifixion. He knew where his life was hid and Who the only real power is. His resurrection was assured that night in the Garden when he completely let go of any sense of human will and acknowledged only God's will completely.

Jesus knew, as no one else did, that God's power - Life's power - is actually the only will, the only real power there is. And he knew that malice, envy, hate, fear, sin, sickness, even death - have no power of their own to harm God or God's image and likeness. Why? because they are not God's will.

And he "proved them powerless" when 3 days later the stone rolled away from the tomb, the grave clothes were laid aside, and Jesus walked out of that burial of mind in matter, of will-power in matter, of Ego in matter, proving his only true being to be his God-likeness, his Christliness, his God-being.

This verse of our Lord's prayer can save you in just the same way. No matter what you are facing, your prayer can also be "Enable us to know this same thing Christ knows, that, as in heaven, so on earth, God - God's good will - is the only real will there is, and God's will is omnipotent, supreme."

"...the LORD commanded the blessing, even life for evermore."

"This is the true God, and eternal life."

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