Day 2 – Your Kingdom Come

Scripture Reading (NKJV)

“Your kingdom come.”
— Matthew 6:10a

Yesterday we began our journey into prayer with two simple but life-changing words:

Our Father.

Jesus reminded us that prayer begins with relationship. Before we bring our requests, we are welcomed into the presence of a loving Father who knows us, sees us, and delights in calling us His children.

Today Jesus invites us one step deeper.

“Your Kingdom come.”

For many years, I thought this was simply a prayer asking Jesus to return. While that is certainly part of its meaning, I have come to realize that these three words are so much richer.

They are a prayer of surrender.

A prayer of hope.

A prayer of expectation.

When I pray, “Your Kingdom come,” I am saying:

“Father, let Your rule become greater in my life than my own.”

It is an invitation for Him to reign over my thoughts, my decisions, my relationships, my fears, my dreams, and every part of my heart.

It is choosing His Kingdom over my own.

If I am honest, I often find it easier to ask God to bless my plans than to surrender them.

Yet Jesus teaches us something completely different.

Prayer is not about convincing God to join my plans.

Prayer is about allowing Him to shape me into someone who joyfully walks in His.

That kind of surrender is not always easy.

Sometimes it means laying down my own timeline.

Sometimes it means trusting when I cannot see what lies ahead.

Sometimes it means saying “yes” before I know where He is leading.

Recently, a worship song has spoken deeply to my heart: “I Give You My Yes.”

Those words beautifully express what I believe Jesus is teaching us here.

When we pray, “Your Kingdom come,” we are really saying:

“Father, You have my yes.

Even when I do not understand.

Even when the road is uncertain.

Even while I am waiting.

I trust that Your Kingdom is better than my own.”

But there is another beautiful truth hidden within these words.

They are also filled with hope.

There are times when I find myself wondering what it must have been like to walk beside Jesus—to hear His voice, to watch Him teach, to witness His compassion, and simply to be in His presence.

Then my heart begins to look forward.

One day, my Savior is coming again.

One day, every broken thing will be made whole.

One day, every tear will be wiped away.

One day, sin, pain, sorrow, and death will be no more.

When I pray, “Your Kingdom come,” I am waiting with anticipation and joyful expectation, knowing that Christ will make all things new.

That hope reminds me that this world is not my home.

It reminds me that every act of surrender today is preparing my heart for the Kingdom that is still to come.

David understood this kind of hope.

He wrote:

“And now, Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in You.”
— Psalm 39:7 (NKJV)

Notice where David placed his hope.

Not in his circumstances.

Not in people.

Not even in tomorrow.

His hope was in God Himself.

Later he writes:

“My soul, wait silently for God alone,
For my expectation is from Him.”
— Psalm 62:5 (NKJV)

I love that word:

Expectation.

Biblical expectation is not wishful thinking.

It is confident waiting because God is faithful to every promise He has made.

When I pray, “Your Kingdom come,” I am declaring where my hope rests.

My expectation is not in what tomorrow may bring.

My expectation is in the One who holds tomorrow.

Every day I wait with anticipation for the return of my King.

And while I wait, He is gently transforming my heart to become more like His.

Every time I pray these words, I am reminded that I belong to a Kingdom that cannot be shaken.

I have a King who is coming again.

Until that glorious day, I choose to surrender my plans, trust His timing, and live with joyful expectation.

My hope is in Him.

My expectation is from Him.

One day, faith will become sight, and I will stand before my Lord and Savior—not because I was perfect, but because of His perfect grace.

Until then, I will keep giving Him my yes.

Tomorrow, we will continue our journey by exploring the next words Jesus taught us to pray:

“Your will be done.”

Reflection

• Is there an area of my life that I have been trying to control instead of surrendering to God?
• What does giving God my “yes” look like today?
• Where have I placed my hope?
• Am I waiting with fear, or with joyful expectation for the return of my King?

Prayer

Father,

Thank You that Your Kingdom is greater than anything this world could ever offer me. Teach me to surrender my own plans and to trust You more each day.

Help me to live with hope and joyful expectation, knowing that every promise You have made is true. Let my heart long for Your Kingdom more than anything this world can give. While I wait for the day when I will see You face to face, teach me to walk faithfully, to trust completely, and to keep giving You my yes.

May Your Kingdom come.

In Jesus’ name,

Amen.