COLOSSIANS 1:9 PAUL’S PRAYER

V9 For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;^[i]

1. 1:9 He prays for them to have a deep and thorough understanding of God’s will

In the language of the New Testament, to be filled means to be “controlled by.” When we are filled with anger, we are controlled by anger. To be “filled with the Spirit” (Eph. 5:18) means to be “controlled by the Spirit.” Paul’s prayer, then, is that these believers might be controlled by the full knowledge of God’s will.^[ii]

We understand the will of God through the Word of God.^[iii]

• Wisdom: or the ability to store up and organize principles of scripture

·         Understanding: the ability to apply those principles of scripture to daily living, a mental putting together

The first step toward fullness of life is spiritual intelligence—growing in the will of God by knowing the Word of God.^[iv]

 

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^[i] The New King James Version. (1982). (Col 1:9). Nashville: Thomas Nelson.

^[ii] Wiersbe, W. W. (1996). The Bible exposition commentary (Vol. 2, p. 111). Wheaton, IL: Victor Books.

^[iii] Wiersbe, W. W. (1996). The Bible exposition commentary (Vol. 2, p. 111). Wheaton, IL: Victor Books.

^[iv] Wiersbe, W. W. (1996). The Bible exposition commentary (Vol. 2, p. 111). Wheaton, IL: Victor Books.