Tuesday Reading: Ephesians 1:15-21
Key Verse: Ephesians 1:18
18 the eyes of your understanding being enlightened, that you may know what is the hope of His calling, and what is the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints,
Devotion:
Each time that Paul wrote to the various people and churches he reminded them of all of the prayers that he continued to say for them. This is not him boasting that he was praying for everyone but rather a reminder for the people to encourage them into fervent prayer too. Paul knew the power of prayer... how? Because he used it!
There is no way that you will find out the true strength behind anything unless you are able to observe or have firsthand knowledge of something. When we hear something on the news or from others we always have a level of doubt about the authenticity of what we hear; that doubt stems from us knowing that we have exaggerated about things in the past and we then think that maybe others are exaggerating about what they are saying... When we observe something happening then we have to believe that that is true – to the extent that illusionists can almost get us to believe that they are actually magicians...
It is difficult to try and tell someone about Christ when they know nothing at first. It is difficult to show others how much you know when they cannot see what you see. But through God anything is possible; that is why we need to rely more on prayer! God wants to bless us each and every day but He also wants us to come to Him in prayer and show Him that we are serious about our relationship with Him. He knows what is on our minds and knows what we need but He still wants us to come forward and ask in prayer so that He can see our faith. When we show Him that we depend on Him, He is more than willing to bless us in ways that He knows best. It does not matter how great a Christian we think we are, prayer is what will be answered!
Points to Ponder:
Do you believe everything you hear?
Are you doing and asking the same from God?
