Colossians 1:9-12 (NIV)
9 For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all spiritual wisdom and understanding.
10 And we pray this in order that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and may please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God,
11 being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience, and joyfully
12 giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the kingdom of light.
I didn’t get through one chapter of today’s reading when God spoke to me the life I need. I need the Word of God and the fellowship with the Spirit of God! I want to live worthy, pleasing God, bearing fruit, growing, being strong, enduring with joy and being thankful. The key is to be filled with knowledge of His will through spiritual wisdom and understanding. That certainly means I have to be in the Word of God, but it is more than that. It is reading the Word with the Spirit as my instructed/illuminator. It is spending time “praying in the Spirit” for understanding and wisdom. It is so much more than studying a text book, it is reaping the life, unveiling the mysteries, going deep with God and having His mind. Thank you for Your Word Lord. Teach me and reveal to me the depth of it, especially who I am in you and what my inheritance is! Keep pouring it out on me Papa, be patient with me, I want more!
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