To be Filled
“…that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will
in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; that you may walk worthy of the
Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in
the knowledge of God; strengthened with all might, according to His glorious
power, for all patience and longsuffering with joy; giving thanks to the Father
who has qualified us to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in the
light. “ Col. 1:9-12
These verses give us a beautiful prayer for the
church. Let’s take the time to work
through some of the important pieces of this prayer. Paul prays: “…that you may be filled with
the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; that you
may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good
work and increasing in the knowledge of God; strengthened with all might,
according to His glorious power, for all patience and longsuffering with joy;
giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us to be partakers of the
inheritance of the saints in the light.
We see a God pattern being established in this prayer: as we pray to be FILLED with knowing God’s
will in all wisdom and understanding, He will be faithful to fill us. This is similar to Paul’s prayer in Eph. 1:15-19,
where Paul prays for the church to receive the spirit of wisdom and revelation
in the knowledge of Him; that the eyes of the church’s understanding would be
enlightened (Father – open our spiritual eyes!); so that the church would KNOW
the hope of His calling and the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints.
It bears a resemblance as well to the prayer in Phil. 1:9, the prayer
for love to abound more and more in knowledge and discernment.
o
Walk worthy of
the Lord;
o
Fully please the
Lord;
o
Be fruitful;
o
Increase in
knowledge of the Lord; and,
o
Be strengthened
with all might – by the power of the Lord.
Friends, let us learn to pray this way for each other as
the Church, the Body of Christ!
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