I love the prayers of Paul because they show me what is on offer from God. I was sitting in a restaurant the other day wondering what to order when I heard someone next to me asking for a dish that sounded delicious which I didn’t even see on the menu. This is what Paul’s prayers are like. They are the prayers of a man who, having tasted all the best on the menu, is ordering the best dishes for his people. When I read this prayer in Ephesians 1:15-23 I think to myself, “Wow, that sounds amazing, I’ll have one of those too!” Do you feel like you could do with some wisdom and revelation from God? What about having the eyes of your heart enlightened so that you will gain a view that will put everything in its right perspective? I could do with that kind of clarity when my mind gets clouded with vain thoughts and unwarranted fears and concerns. Do you feel like you need to get connected with the power of God for breakthrough in those areas of your life that are stagnant and broken? That resurrection power is your inheritance in Christ and Paul reminds us that it is there for us if we will see it. And his prayer is that our eyes will be opened so that we can operate, not in despair and hopelessness, but in hope and confidence. I could do with that, what about you?
Pray this prayer for yourself and for others who need the same things.
Read Ephesians 1:15-23
