Your will be done – third petition • Heidelberg Catechism

Day 49 • Question 124

124 What is the third petition?

Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven, that is: Grant that we and all men may deny our own will 1 and obey your will without any murmuring, 2 as the angels do in heaven. 3

Footnote 1

Matthew 16:24

"If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.

Titus 2:11-12

For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age,

Footnote 2

Psalms 103:20-21

Bless the LORD, O you his angels, you mighty ones who do his word, obeying the voice of his word! Bless the LORD, all his hosts, his ministers, who do his will!

Luke 22:42

"Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me. Nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done."

Footnote 3