We all have moments when the ground shifts under our feet, when life turns in a direction that we didn’t expect. 

Suddenly the future seems uncertain, and we’re left asking, “What now?”

Maybe it’s a cancer diagnosis. Maybe it’s watching your own marriage fall apart. Maybe it’s at work where you’re giving everything you have but you’re not sure how long you can continue. 

It’s in moments like those when our prayers get real and simple. We don’t have the strength to be eloquent, instead we have just enough strength to be honest.

That’s exactly when we need the words Jesus gave us, “Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.”

And the beauty of this prayer is that it’s not a sign of defeat, but rather it’s a declaration of trust.