Saturday Reading: Colossians 1:9-17
Key Verse: Colossians 1:9
9 For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;
Devotion:
What a joy it is to hear of someone who comes to know Christ. That is not the point where we should stop praying for them or stop teaching them but rather the point at which your prayers should change from being a hopeful request to a more focus request. We need to continue to pray for each one of our brothers and sisters in Christ because we will all face temptations and we all continue to need all the encouragement we can get. We need prayers to allow us to keep focused on God’s work and as we are we also need to pray for others so that they continue on in His knowledge and wisdom too. If you had a team of players and some of them dropped out, you would be short of players for your team and would have to go through all the hard work of finding and training others.
If you would want others to be able to pray for you, what better prayer would you like others to have for you than to be able to do your best for Christ? This then must be our earnest prayer for other in Christ too that they will continue to be able to do their best in the adverse conditions that we all live in. God is our Creator, Strength and Might and when we acknowledge Him to be that in our lives He gives us that strength to continue on in His name.
Through Jesus Christ we are able to share in that power and might each and every hour because of what He has done for us already. He has continued to support this universe that we live in because He continues to love us like no other. Our reasonable service is to continue to do our best for Him as He continues to do His best for us... Lifting up your prayers for others to know that they too can do their best for Him and continue to receive His best each and every day is just one small part of our faithfulness to Christ each day.
Points to Ponder:
Do you like wishing people well?
Are you wishing the best for them through Christ?
