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

When we pray, "Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven," it points us to the purpose of God's creation. He created man to render perfect obedience. Our Saviour rendered such perfect obedience unto His Father here on earth in our human nature as our substitute.

We must understand that in human nature the Father can only be glorified with perfect obedience. We need that imputed righteousness of Christ; we need that blessed obedience and perfect harmony of will imputed to us. We also need these imparted to us. We need Christ formed in us so we may become Christlike. How? We must be cleansed "...with the washing of water by the word," EPH 5:26. We must study, meditate, pray, and search the Word of God to discover His holy will.

"And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross," PHI 2:8. The Son of God condescended to come down and take upon Himself our human nature; He humbled Himself "and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross."

We must understand that we are praying for the perfect harmony of will when we pray, "Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven." The only time and place this was ever done in perfection was in the Lord Jesus Christ. We need the imputed and imparted righteousness of Christ.

When we pray, "Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven," we are admonished to remember PHI 2:4-7, "Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others. Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus: Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men." Can we walk in those footsteps of Christ? Our prayer is "Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven." The will of the Father is that we walk in the footsteps of Christ, that we prefer the other man before ourselves.

Jesus was the King of kings; He sat on the throne of heaven, yet He took upon Himself the form of a servant in the likeness of man. Look back to the admonition: "Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others."

If every person was more concerned about doing the will of his fellow man than his own, if that Spirit of Christ was in every person, he couldn't pick a quarrel with anyone on the face of the earth; it would be impossible. Every quarrel comes from self-centeredness, self-exaltation, self-pride, and a violation of the Spirit of Christ, so let this mind be in you which was also in Christ.

When we properly understand faith, we understand what it is to raise our eyes unto Christ as our example, and His faith becomes the object of our faith. What is faith? If we don't understand the faith of Jesus Christ, we don't understand faith. It was by faith that the Lord Jesus Christ stepped into the waters of baptism; it was by faith that the Lord Jesus Christ stepped under the wrath of His Father as an act of obedience.