‘I pray that out of his glorious
riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being,
so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith…’ (Ephesians 3:16-17)
There are many precious things
that Paul could plead with God for; but for Paul, his greatest ambition was to
know, and for others to know Jesus.
The Father has ‘glorious riches’
and Paul prays that He would enrich us, make us spectacularly wealthy, with the
knowledge of Jesus.
He has limitless strength and he
prays that the Father would use it prise open our ‘inner being’ so that the immensity
of Christ will dwell there.
The scope of Paul’s prayer is
vast because of the immensity of the power at God’s disposal; the Spirit, who
created the world and takes to irresistible action at God’s word, is able to
enthrone Christ in a new a glorious way in our lives.
Paul is praying for us to love
and possess true riches – Christ in you. When one knows Jesus as their
treasure, all other wealth and ambition take their proper place and become available to be used for the glory of God.
You may want to pray something
like this,
“Father, I pray that out of your
glorious riches you may strengthen me and all at Community Church with power
through your Spirit in our inner being, so that Christ may dwell in our hearts
through faith. Be our treasure and let all other possessions, gifts and dreams,
fall away or be put to the use of glorifying your name. Amen”
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