Colossians 1:9-14
9 For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; 10 that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; 11 strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, for all patience and longsuffering with joy; 12 giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in the light. 13 He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love, 14 in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins.
9 For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; 10 that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; 11 strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, for all patience and longsuffering with joy; 12 giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in the light. 13 He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love, 14 in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins.
What to pray for faithful fellow believers? The example here begins with knowing God’s will, and that by wisdom and spiritual understanding. The understanding must have the supernatural enabling of His Spirit or it is only our flawed reason or academic fact finding. This understanding must also be with wisdom, knowing how it shows us God in Christ and how we are to live by that knowledge. The example then speaks of what this wise understanding is to result in: a life of pleasing God, worthy of the holy calling out, a life with fruit that honors Him, and so leads to more good actions which add even more and deeper knowing of Him in Christ. This knowing and growing then gives us strength to be patient for the long haul, joyfully and thankfully enduring and waiting for the consummation of His will. We look forward to our inheritance as we are declared worthy. We long for knowing just how wonderful our deliverance from the darkness of sin into the light of His infinite glory will be in eternity. We meditate on our calling with awe and wonder, knowing entrance into His kingdom is sheer grace by His redeeming blood which cleanses our sin forever by a righteousness solely of Christ. These things we pray for each other to fully grasp more each passing day till then.
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