## Lord’s Day 49
### 124. Q. What does the third petition mean?

**A**. “Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven” means: Help us and all people to renounce our own wills and without any back talk to obey your will, for it alone is good.<sup>1</sup> Help everyone carry out his office and calling,<sup>2</sup> as willingly and faithfully as the angels in heaven.<sup>3</sup>

<sup>1</sup> [Matt. 7:21](/References/Bible/40%20-%20Matthew/Matthew7.md#21); [16:24–26](/References/Bible/40%20-%20Matthew/Matthew16.md#24); [Luke 22:42](/References/Bible/42%20-%20Luke/Luke22.md#42); [Rom. 12:1–2](/References/Bible/45%20-%20Romans/Romans12.md); [Titus 2:11–12](/References/Bible/56%20-%20Titus/Titus2.md#11)
<sup>2</sup> [1 Cor. 7:17–24](/References/Bible/46%20-%201Corinthians/1Corinthians7.md#17); [Eph. 6:5–9](/References/Bible/49%20-%20Ephesians/Ephesians6.md#5)
<sup>3</sup> [Ps. 103:20–21](/References/Bible/19%20-%20Psalms/Psalms103.md#20)

