Great power and high position often lead to pride and a feeling of being exceptional—laws apply to others, but not to the elite. Jesus enjoyed the highest position and the greatest power. Yet His attitude was one of obedience to God in everything.
My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to accomplish His work (John 4:34).
Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of His own accord, but only what He sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father does, that the Son does likewise…. I seek not My own will but the will of Him who sent Me” (John 5:19, 30).
For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will but the will of Him who sent Me (John 6:38).
I do nothing on My own authority, but speak just as the Father taught Me (John 8:28).
When one of the disciples said, “Lord, teach us to pray,” Jesus replied with a sample prayer.
He said to them, “When you pray, say: ‘Father, hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come..’” (Luke 11:2).
This was similar to the model prayer He already had taught them in the Sermon on the Mount.
Pray then like this: “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven” (Matthew 6:9-10).
God is the Father; we are the children. He is in heaven; we are on earth. His name should be “hallowed”—treated with the utmost respect as “holy.” Since God is absolutely supreme, our first priority in prayer is for His kingdom, meaning His reign over us. Our first concern is for His will to be obeyed, just as fully as it is in heaven. In these opening phrases, Jesus emphasized that true prayer is about the Father’s will, not ours.