“Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.” Matthew 6:10
Angels are God’s heavenly servants who do His will. Angels announced the birth of Jesus: “You will conceive in your womb and bear and son, and you shall call his name Jesus” (Luke 1:31). Angels also announced His resurrection from the dead: “He is not here, for he has risen” (Matt. 28:6).
Angels also promised the glorious return of Jesus (Acts 1:11). And they are constantly, even now, in service to their Lord. If angels are the model of doing God’s will in heaven, what does their obedience to the Word of God look like?
The angels do God’s will fully.
The angels are ready to obey the command of Christ. There is no mission on which they will not go. Jesus said, “Do you think that I cannot appeal to my Father, and he will at once send me more than twelve legions of angels?” (Matt. 26:53). Christ only needs to speak the word, and the angels do what He says.
The angels do God’s will gladly.
Hebrews speaks about “the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable angels in festal gathering” (Heb 12:22). There is no reluctance in their service. They do what God commands gladly.
The angels do God’s will immediately.
We are told that God “makes his angels winds” (Heb. 1:7). The wind moves fast. Angels do not hang around, deciding if they are going to obey. When God speaks, their response is immediate. They fly like the wind to do God’s will.
Jesus tells us to pray, “Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.” How is God’s will done in heaven? It is done fully, gladly, and immediately.
Reflect on your own obedience to the Word of God. Do you find yourself struggling to obey God fully? Gladly? Or immediately?