[Songs in the Night - December 9]
Thy kingdom come.
Thy will be done in earth, even as it is in heaven. Matthew 6:10
THIS prayer has been offered for more than nineteen
hundred years, and God's children have not yet
seen his kingdom established.
Shall we cease to pray?
Ah, no!
We are assured that it will indeed come.
Even now it is at the very doors!
God's kingdom shall
be fully set up; and the time will come when there
will be no disloyalty in all the earth, as now there
is none in heaven.
Our prayers will not bring God's
kingdom one minute sooner than he has planned, but
we pray by way of assuring the Lord that we are
waiting for the kingdom and expecting it in harmony
with his sure promise.
By so praying and not fainting,
the children of the Lord are strengthening themselves.
God's glorious kingdom will be manifested—and soon!
Then all who have attained the character likeness of
our Lord Jesus Christ shall be exalted to reign with
him in this kingdom. Z'15-185 R5710:4 (Hymn 66)