"Let us Pray" Series - Week 7
Finishing well is a crucial thought in our culture. Sports teams aspire to finish games or seasons well. They understand that a good game or season can be ruined in the very end by not completing the work of competition.
Jesus comes to the end of the outline for prayer, and He teaches us to seek to finish well. He teaches us to pray, “Deliver me from temptation and evil.” This is a continuation of the previous part, which calls us to seek forgiveness for that which has previously occurred. The difference is that Jesus is teaching us to ask God not only to care for the past but also to guide us into the future.
In teaching us this last portion of the prayer, Jesus is keeping our thinking clear about several things. First, we need god to be involved in our lives in order to live free from sin. Second, we have an adversary who is scheming to destroy us. And finally, God is immeasurably more powerful than our adversary and can safely lead us from temptation and deliver us from evil if we will allow Him to lead us.
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