### 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](/get-passage/Matthew+7:21); [16:24-26](/get-passage/Matthew+16:24-26); [Luke 22:42](/get-passage/Luke+22:42); [Rom. 12:1-2](/get-passage/Romans+12:1-2); [Titus 2:11-12](/get-passage/Titus+2:11-12)
<sup>2</sup> [1 Cor. 7:17-24](/get-passage/1+Corinthians+7:17-24); [Eph. 6:5-9](/get-passage/Ephesians+6:5-9)
<sup>3</sup> [Ps. 103:20-21](/get-passage/Psalms+103:20-21)