May 23 - Colossians 1:9
“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.”
Don’t you just love the way Paul prays? There is so little that is selfish in his personality – especially in his prayers. Unceasing prayer for another. That is something we want to count on, but rarely do. Why not? Because it is something we don’t recognize in ourselves. Unceasing prayer. Oh, we want to … we really want to, but the distractions that pile up on us take us away from God’s presence and before we know it, several days have passed. So, we believe that in others as well.
My dad used to tell a story about a young man on the battlefield in World War II. As they were dashing back to a foxhole, one of their fellow soldiers was hit and went down. Bullets and shells were flying and there was no way to get to him to drag him back to safety. They heard him crying and screaming and there was nothing they could do.
One young man kept checking his watch and all of a sudden, he bolted out of the foxhole, ran to his friend and dragged him back. When he got back, the others were in complete shock and questioned him as to his stupidity. But, he was calm as he responded, “Every day at 9 am at home, my mother prays for me. As soon as that time hit, I knew that her prayers were surrounding me and I would be safe.”
That was a young man that trusted in the prayers of his mother. Paul wants the people of Colosse to know that he has been praying for them and will continue to pray for them; he won’t stop and neither will those that work with him. The spread of the Gospel of Jesus Christ was much too important. Everything that they would face in the years to come as Christians would be handled because of the spiritual wisdom that God spread throughout the church.
Prayer is so important, whether it is a request or plea, a moment of thanksgiving, intercession or adoration of our Lord. Unceasing, constant prayer is the foundation of Christianity. Jesus taught us to pray, his followers moved out of their small communities in prayer and Paul spread the Gospel with prayer.
“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.”
Don’t you just love the way Paul prays? There is so little that is selfish in his personality – especially in his prayers. Unceasing prayer for another. That is something we want to count on, but rarely do. Why not? Because it is something we don’t recognize in ourselves. Unceasing prayer. Oh, we want to … we really want to, but the distractions that pile up on us take us away from God’s presence and before we know it, several days have passed. So, we believe that in others as well.
My dad used to tell a story about a young man on the battlefield in World War II. As they were dashing back to a foxhole, one of their fellow soldiers was hit and went down. Bullets and shells were flying and there was no way to get to him to drag him back to safety. They heard him crying and screaming and there was nothing they could do.
One young man kept checking his watch and all of a sudden, he bolted out of the foxhole, ran to his friend and dragged him back. When he got back, the others were in complete shock and questioned him as to his stupidity. But, he was calm as he responded, “Every day at 9 am at home, my mother prays for me. As soon as that time hit, I knew that her prayers were surrounding me and I would be safe.”
That was a young man that trusted in the prayers of his mother. Paul wants the people of Colosse to know that he has been praying for them and will continue to pray for them; he won’t stop and neither will those that work with him. The spread of the Gospel of Jesus Christ was much too important. Everything that they would face in the years to come as Christians would be handled because of the spiritual wisdom that God spread throughout the church.
Prayer is so important, whether it is a request or plea, a moment of thanksgiving, intercession or adoration of our Lord. Unceasing, constant prayer is the foundation of Christianity. Jesus taught us to pray, his followers moved out of their small communities in prayer and Paul spread the Gospel with prayer.
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