SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 12/2/2018 8:25 PM
My Worship Time Focus: PT-4 “Petition for Believers”
Bible Reading & Meditation Focus:
Ephesians 1:17
Message of the verses: “17 that the God of
our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom
and of revelation in the knowledge of Him.”
Well
we only have a little bit to go on this sub-section as I hope to complete it
this evening. In our last SD we looked
at the word for spirit which actually means to breathe.
Paul
prays for the Ephesians believers, and all who read this letter, that they
would have a special disposition of wisdom, the fullness of godly knowledge and
understanding of which the sanctified human mind is actually capable of
receiving. We have mentioned that some
of the inheritances that we have in Christ will only be given when we get to
heaven, and some are very difficult to understand, and so that is why Paul is
praying for believers to be able to understand what we are capable to
understand. MacArthur writes the
following which is what he believes Paul is praying for: “Let them know how much they possess in your
Son,’ he says, in effect. ‘Give them a
keen, rich, deep, strong understanding of their inheritance in Christ.’ He prays for the Holy Spirit to give their
spirits the right ‘spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of Him.’
“Revelation,
though used here as a synonym of ‘wisdom,’ deals with God’s imparting knowledge to us,
whereas ‘wisdom’ could emphasize our use of that knowledge. We must know and understand our position in
the Lord before we are capable of serving Him.
We must know what
we have before we can satisfactory use it. This additional ‘wisdom’ goes beyond intellectual knowledge. It is far richer and Paul desired that the
Ephesian Christians, like those in Colossae, would ‘keep seeking the things
above, where Christ is.’ Col 3:1).”
Paul
prays for the Ephesian believers, that God would give them revelation and
wisdom in three particular areas of God magnificent, incomparable truth. Here are the three things he prays
about: 1) for them to come to a clearer understanding of the
greatness of God’s plan, 2) the greatness of His power, and 3) the greatness of
His person. I have to say that
these are three lofty prayer requests to receive from the Lord.
Answer from to yesterday’s Bible
question: “Acts.”
Today’s Bible question: “Moses belonged to what tribe?”
Answer in our next SD.
12/2/2018
8:59 PM
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