It seems obvious that God can accomplish His Will on Heaven or Earth with or without anyone asking Him to or twisting His Arm, but in this case Jesus asks for it...
Why should any man (or woman) ask for God's will to be done on earth as it is in Heaven?
Because, Jesus is teaching human beings the correct manner of prayer. Somehow God rules totally in Heaven, and Jesus is not twisting his arm because he says: THy Will be Done. But the function of prayer is to invite or allow that God's will be established ON Earth as it is In Heaven. This is why I think that true prayer is 'letting it be' or 'acquiescence', it is not as passive as it sounds, but when people attempt to use special prayers, rituals, chants and whatever to con God into CHANGing reality, they are not praying but practicing manipulation. Let's trick God through rituals, chants and worship into doing what I want him to do. This is not prayer but magic---God is not needed. But if you realize that God is truly God then you will think twice about trying to get what you want via prayer and rather say God, I leave it in Your Hands. Amen. Thy will (Not MY will) be Done! God's will will always be done, since it is the basis of reality itself. Nothing we can say or do is going to change that. But the reason why we pray is to "fall into attunement with God's will (Reality)." Let it be. It is like letting a little kid "work" with his dad...The kid can use his play mower and he can go beside his Dad, and he thinks he is mowing up a little storm with that plastic mower... Mankind are invited to play along with God as He plants His Seeds and works...we do so with prayer and good action..the job is still going to get done either way, the function of prayer is to allow us to join in and "play alongside" God as He does his lawn work! It is an act of participation in letting things be what they are (what they REALLY are) which only God can determine.
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