Whenever we pray "Your Kingdom come", it is intended to glorify God and look both for God's Kingdom already known amongst us and anticipate when all of creation will realize the fullness of the Kingdom of God. In many ways, this pray is saying God soak me in your Kingdom so much that it is all I realize and then allow me to share your goodness and grace with others.
The problem is that sometimes we take this God-centered portion of not just this prayer, but all prayer, and turn it around on ourselves. We start to pray to God about our wish list of what we want the Kingdom to look like, not realizing that it doesn't align with God's will or vision. We try to substitute what we want for what deems best.
Partially this is because we do not know what the Word says about the Kingdom. Other times we take with the Bible says and interpret it in a way that reflects our desires.
Therefore, as we pray "your Kingdom come" we need to be set aside what we want and continue on praying "your will be done" as we learn to trust God more fully.
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