Thursday 16th November
“For this reason, because I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love toward all the saints, I do not cease to give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers, that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him, having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the working of his great might that he worked in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places, far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come. And he put all things under his feet and gave him as head over all things to the church, which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.” (Ephesians 1:15-23)
This prayer makes me tired just reading it! Do you ‘bubble over’ at times when you hear or read about the way in which God is working in the lives of his followers? Look what Paul prays for the Ephesian church. I have no doubt he had individuals in mind and his requests for the Holy Spirit to give wisdom, to reveal His will to us in the words he speaks, words that change our hearts so that hope predominates. He doesn’t stop there. Paul is asking that the power that brought about the resurrection might be at work in the lives of these disciples. I ask myself, how often do I pray for my fellow believers like this?
Geoff Hinch
