Good Morning Garden

Now the Prayer says, not “My Father,” but “Our Father,” and this indicates beyond the possibility of mistake, the truth of the brotherhood of man. If forces upon our attention at the very beginning the fact that all men are the children of one Father; and that

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus (Galatians 3:28).

Here Jesus cuts away the illusion that the members of any nation, or race, or territory, or group, or class, or color, are, in the sight of God, superior to any other group.

The final point is the implied command that we are to pray not only for ourselves but for all mankind. None of us lives to himself, however we may try. In a much more literal sense than people are aware we are limbs of one Body.

“Our Father”—a spiritual explosive, that will ultimately destroy every kind of human bondage.

This truth means that we are all part of one family. God intended that humans not be separated from each other, just as we are not to be separated form God. Those things which separate us are barriers to our unity with one another and create obstacles to obeying God’s will. When Jesus gave his last wisdom to the disciples, his parting commandment was that we love one another as brothers and sisters. He did not say to love only those who look like us or with whom we agree. This, he said would be the sign that we belong to God. Father, grant this day that we love and pray for all our brothers and sisters, and that we follow your will in all ways.

Z gardener