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Thoughts from the Mount of Blessing
Him with holy awe. The angels veil their faces in His presence. The
cherubim and the bright and holy seraphim approach His throne with
solemn reverence. How much more should we, finite, sinful beings,
come in a reverent manner before the Lord, our Maker!
But to hallow the name of the Lord means much more than this.
We may, like the Jews in Christ’s day, manifest the greatest outward
reverence for God, and yet profane His name continually. “The name
of the Lord” is “merciful and gracious, long-suffering, and abundant
in goodness and truth, ... forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin.”
Exodus 34:5-7
. Of the church of Christ it is written, “This is the name
wherewith she shall be called, The Lord our Righteousness.”
Jeremiah
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. This name is put upon every follower of Christ. It is the heritage
of the child of God. The family are called after the Father. The prophet
Jeremiah, in the time of Israel’s sore distress and tribulation, prayed,
“We are called by Thy name; leave us not.”
Jeremiah 14:9
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This name is hallowed by the angels of heaven, by the inhabitants
of unfallen worlds. When you pray, “Hallowed be Thy name,” you
ask that it may be hallowed in this world, hallowed in you. God has
acknowledged you before men and angels as His child; pray that you
may do no dishonor to the “worthy name by which ye are called.”
James 2:7
. God sends you into the world as His representative. In
every act of life you are to make manifest the name of God. This
petition calls upon you to possess His character. You cannot hallow
His name, you cannot represent Him to the world, unless in life and
character you represent the very life and character of God. This you
can do only through the acceptance of the grace and righteousness of
Christ.
“Thy kingdom come.”—Matthew 6:10.
God is our Father, who loves and cares for us as His children; He
is also the great King of the universe. The interests of His kingdom
are our interests, and we are to work for its upbuilding.
The disciples of Christ were looking for the immediate coming
of the kingdom of His glory, but in giving them this prayer Jesus
taught that the kingdom was not then to be established. They were to
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pray for its coming as an event yet future. But this petition was also
an assurance to them. While they were not to behold the coming of