(This article is a reprint from the week of October 22, 2000. The
underlying theme is that God is Lord over all, so be content with what he
has given you.)
The Lord’s Prayer is the one prayer that all Christians of all faiths
have used throughout all of time since being given to us by Jesus. Jesus
gave this example of prayer to us so that we would feel confident to come
to God in prayer.
If we were asked the question: Is heaven the home of God? we could
answer with a resounding Yes! For Jesus tells us that our Father is
in heaven. This being true what does it mean? Martin Luther tells us in
his Small Catechism that "these words assure us that our heavenly
Father, as Lord over all, has the power to grant our prayers." Acts
17:24 says: The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord
of heaven and earth. Using the teaching of the ancient Israelites they
would see God in heaven as the key to understanding that He is universal,
meaning that God was not limited to a certain location, but a God of all
creation and of all the people of earth. Not only was God concerned with
the people of Israel, but of all people and nations. God cannot be
contained, or limited to just heaven. King Solomon tells us in 2
Chronicles 6:18: But will God really dwell on earth with men? The
heavens, even the highest heavens, cannot contain you. How much less this
temple I have built! Yes! Jesus tells us that our God and Father is in
Heaven, but as you can see this means so much more to the Christian.
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