Colossian Prayer

The Lord spoke to me about balance this morning as I read in Colossians where Paul speaks his prayer for the church at Collosae. Balance and purpose.9 And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, 10 so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God. 11 May you be strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy,12 giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in light.Paul prays that they may be filled with "knowledge, spiritual wisdom, and understanding.

Why?

What's the benefit of having those things?

The benefit comes in living a life that's fully pleasing to God as we bear fruit in our good works. Then it comes full circle back to increasing in more knowledge of who God is.

We don't use our fullness of knowledge to feel content in our understanding, but rather to go out and walk a walk that pleases God. We could go out and walk in a manner which mimics "fully pleasing to God", but unless we're walking with knowledge we're not "fully pleasing". Knowledge pleases God as it's used to walk in His footsteps, and then it comes full circle back to increasing in the knowledge of God - continuing His refining process.

And as that process cycles through in our lives, may we find ourselves strengthened with every iteration according to His glorious might, and may we grow in our thanksgiving to the Father for His qualification of us to share in the inheritance.

We serve an Awesome God. May God impart to us a hunger to know who He is.