Daily Bread
Colossians 1:9 - "Because of this also from the day we heard ceased not to pray for you also asking that you might be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding."
The knowledge of God's will is something that an individual is filled with just as a person is filled with the Spirit. The knowledge of God does not come to man through his own works and efforts. It is not attained through natural means of intellect and reason but rather by the gift of God. The knowledge of God's will gives wisdom and revelation and spiritual understanding (Ephesians 1:17). Paul prayed that the Ephesians would have this spiritual knowledge so that their spiritual eyes would be opened to know: 1- The confidence of the calling.2- The riches of the glory.3- The greatness of His power according to the working of His mighty power.Spiritual understanding is that which eyes have never seen nor ears have ever heard nor hearts have ever understood but is revealed by the Spirit (1 Corinthians 2:9-10). Spiritual understanding is the way that God thinks about things, it is the "mind of Christ" and the "mind of the Spirit" (Romans 8:27; Philippians 2:5).
Blessings,
Pastor Mark Spitsbergen
www.abidingplace.org
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