First, we are praying that all men may believe in God, for no one can honor His name rightly unless they trust in Him as their God. The first commandment is that we have no other gods, which means that we should have the Lord truly as our God. We earnestly seek in this first petition that we ourselves and all other men may truly love and honor the Lord as our God because we know ourselves to be sinful and in need of grace that we may trust in Him and live for Him. Second, we pray that He may be worshipped rightly by all men. It is especially in worship that we glorify Him and give Him the praise that is due to His name.
Worship is our highest duty and our greatest privilege.
To devote ourselves to the worship of God and to glorify Him in song and prayer is the most important single act of our lives. Apart from the fact that it has a transforming power that we cannot fathom, that it remakes us and exalts us, it is the fundamental responsibility of man as a creature in His image. They degrade themselves into something less than truly human. But we, too, even after we have trusted in His saving grace, are still so sinful that unless He hears our prayer and helps us, we cannot worship Him as we should. Third, we pray for ourselves and for all men, that His name may be honored in our daily lives.