Question 101: What do we pray for in the first petition?
Answer: In the first petition, which is, "Hallowed be thy name," we pray, That God would enable us and others to glorify him in all that whereby he maketh himself known; and that he would dispose all things to his own glory.
It is for the glory of God and the Lamb that we pray. What is the purpose of all things? The purpose for all things is the glory of God. The very first question and answer in the Westminster Shorter Catechism:
Question 1: What is the chief end of man?
Answer: Man's chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy Him for ever.
Man was created to glorify God, and to enjoy God forever, but man sinned and fell short of his glory. However, it is for the glory of God, that God justified man. We are justified as a gift, by the grace of God alone, through faith alone, in Christ Jesus alone, for the glory of God alone, as it is written in Scripture alone. (cf. Rom. 3:10-26)
We who are redeemed are, therefore, to pray for God’s glory before pray for anything else!
Michael Peek
Your Servant for Jesus’ sake
