Third, the Lord’s Prayer is such a wonderful gift because in it Jesus grants us what the mathematician-philosopher Blaise Pascal called “the dignity of causality.”1 When we pray, God is granting us the unspeakable privilege of partnering with him in fulfilling his purposes in the world. No prayer has given us that privilege more than the Lord’s Prayer. As we pray the Prayer, we are joining the Living God in bringing about the realization of his heart’s desire for the world.
