Did you ever think of prayer are revolutionary?
In an excerpt from R. Albert Mohler’s book, “The Prayer that Turns the World Upside Down”, Mohler writes: “We long for revolution. Something within us cries out that the world is horribly broken and must be fixed. For centuries, the word revolution was scarcely heard, buried under ages of oppression. The word itself was feared and speaking it was treason. And then, revolutions seemed to appear almost everywhere.
And yet, we still yearn for radical change, for things to be made right. We rightly long to see righteousness, truth, and justice prevail. We are actually desperate for what no earthly revolution can produce. We long for the Kingdom of God, and for Jesus as King of Kings and Lord of Lords. We are looking for a kingdom that will never end and a King whose rule is perfect.
This is why Christian’s pray the Lord’s Prayer. This is the very prayer Jesus taught His own disciples to pray. So Christians pray this prayer as a way of learning how to pray and what to pray—as Jesus teaches us to pray.
The Lord’s Prayer is the prayer that turns the world upside down. There is no clearer call to revolution than when we pray “Your kingdom come, Your will be done, on Earth as it is in heaven.” But this is a revolution only God can bring… and He will.
We have much to learn about prayer, and the Lord’s Prayer is the right place to start. This is no tame prayer for safe times. This is the prayer that turns the world upside down.