on earth as it is in heaven

On earth as it is in heaven

You can tell a lot from just a reflection. It’s sometimes upside-down to the real thing, or back to front, or wobbly, but you can usually make out what it is.

Everywhere you go, you can see reflections of God. In nature, in films, stories, emotions, poetry, and, amazingly, in you! The Creator designed the universe to mirror Heaven, just like He created you... to look like Him. As above, so below.

“... your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.”

• Matthew 6:10’

When Jesus teaches the disciples to pray He asks the Father for the ‘kingdom’, and ‘the will of God’, to match up between Heaven and Earth. He’s asking for that reflection to be as clear, as bright, as loud, and as brilliant as the Original.

When you’re praying today, remember that you’re connecting the natural reflection with its supernatural reality. In fact, you’re asking God to overlap Earth with Heaven, bringing the perfect right into the middle of the imperfect until it’s all so good that nobody can tell the difference. Isn’t that just so cool? Prayer is awesome.