Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done
In earth, as it is in heaven. Matthew 6:10 (KJV)
Tuesday of this week was Earth Day, a day dedicated to raising awareness and demonstrating support for environmental protection of the Earth. It’s a day to celebrate the planet, highlight environmental issues, and encourage actions to protect the Earth’s resources.
Jesus asked us as His disciples to pray that God’s will would be done “in earth, as it is in heaven.” We pray this every time we pray the Lord’s Prayer. What does it mean? Well, you have to ask the question, how will God’s will be done in earth as it is in heaven, if it isn’t up to us to do it? This is not a passive prayer for whatever God’s going to do in the earth while we sit by and watch. No. You don’t have to think very far before you realize that if God’s will is to be done in earth then someone’s got to do it, and who is that someone if it isn’t you and me?
We have come into a relationship with God through faith in Jesus Christ. In coming into a relationship with Him, we have come into His kingdom, and because we are coming to know God and His will, we are His liaison between heaven and earth. In other words, we are the means by which His will is done in earth as it is in heaven. So when we pray the Lord’s Prayer, we are actually commissioning ourselves for the work we have to do.
This means we have a mandate to find out what God’s will is and do it. We need to constantly be asking ourselves, “What is God doing here?” and “What does God want me to do?” This is the way the Lord walked on the earth: He constantly had a line open to the Father. He is our example. Think of it this way: We are bringing heaven to earth in the person of Christ who lives within us.
Does God care about Earth Day? You bet He does. He cares about the earth because He made it, but He also cares about it because His kingdom is here, and His people are here, and those who He is commissioning to do His will are here. So bottom line, we must care about the earth as He does — its climate, its natural beauty, its protection for future generations — and we must care for the people who are on the earth, especially the poor, the oppressed, the immigrant and the foreigner. God has always had a place in His heart for these.
John Fischer The Catch 
What an insight you have provided here, by connecting our commissioning by God as Christ’s hands and feet to make a difference in the real world with our weekly prayer (in many churches, straight from the lips of Jesus) that God’s will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
And then another insight when you connected that prayer’s “on earth” with God’s concern for the physical Earth, which we humans are treating so poorly these days.
In my church tradition, we pray the Lord’s Prayer every Sunday. I think you have called me to hear it differently and to see it as part of our commissioning, and not simply a vague hope that God will set things right as we just watch.
Thank you!