In the middle of Jesus’ three examples of foolishly doing things to be seen or heard, the Lord’s Prayer appears.
That is not random.
The prayer the antidote to the human weakness to seek attention and importance.
Verse nine is the most important verse of the prayer. How we view God shapes how we see everything.
Here’s a definitions of hallowing God’s name. Treating God as holy, rightly fearing him, highly respecting him, humbly seeing him as truly God, and humbly seeing the terribleness of our big and small sins.
If our view of God is passive, or laden with earthly problems, or distracted by ongoing sin, or minimized by self-importance or self-pity, then we will not see God as hallowed and it will not shape us or change us or mature us.
In other words, if God is small in our thoughts and desires and priorities, then our view of everything is less mature than it should be. Can you see the risk and danger in that?
If this convicts you, and if you want to get things right and hallow God name, start with being painfully honest about your sin, then move on to being fierce and consistent with obeying God. Leave not a single area of life off the obedience list, including how you drive, what you see on your phone or your computer, and how you treat people who annoy you.
A hollowed view of God is fed by reading, thinking about, and memorizing Scripture. If Scripture is small in you life, then God is also small in your life. In other words, big Scripture = big God.
Where to begin? Matthew, Mark, Luke or John. What else? Proverbs, Philippians, or Colossians. What else? James, 1 Peter, or 2 Peter. Let Scripture run deep at all times, and in all areas of our life.
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