"Call to me and I will answer you, and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know. " Jeremiah 33:3

Thursday, October 6, 2011

"praying that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to Him..." Colossians 1:9-10

The above verses from Colossians are part of a prayer that I frequently pray for my family members, for the bible study group, the staff at my church and some days the body of Christ around the world. This prayer is so powerful and so revealing, the Lord provided it to us to pray back to Him! So let's break it down to its individual parts. What does walking in "a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to Him" look like? In part, I believe it includes the following;

Jesus Christ remains our 'first love.' "You shall have no other gods before Me." Exodus 20:3 ESV. God is to be first in our lives, every day, above all things and people that we cherish.

"You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart." Deuteronomy 6:5-6 ESV. Gods words are not suggestions, they are commands to be obeyed, and obedience to God brings peace and joy to our lives that are beyond measure! Nothing this world offers can even come close!

In the vernacular of heaven, love is spelled; obey. "Those who accept My commandments and obey them are the ones who love Me..." John 14:21 NLT. "If you keep my commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father's commandments and abide in His love." John 15:10 ESV.

Obedience brings revelation of the word of God and the person of Jesus Christ! "The person who has My commands and keeps them is the one who really loves Me...and I will love him and will show, reveal, and manifest Myself to him. (I will let Myself be clearly seen by him and make Myself real to him.)" John 14:21 AMP. Wow! What an incredible, loving, glorious promise to those who obey God's commandments and they are good, everyone of them. Jesus is the One who explained the scriptures, the parables to His disciples and the Spirit of Jesus Christ who lives within every believer is the One who explains the scriptures to us and guides us into all truth. "Jesus opened their minds to understand the Scriptures." Luke 24:45 NASB. "But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth..." John 16:13 NASB. "All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness." 2 Timothy 3:16 NASB.

Ephesians 5:10,17-18 NASB says; "Try to learn what is pleasing to the Lord. Understand what the will of the Lord is. Be filled with the Spirit." We learn and discern what is pleasing to God through His word. We learn and discern what God's will is through His word. And we are to be continually filled with His Holy Spirit, Who teaches us all things. John 14:26 ESV.

To obey the word of God and His commandments requires that we; read, meditate,and listen. Then through discernment given by the Holy Spirit, we take the revealed truth and apply it to our lives in 2011 and then we walk in obedience to that truth. Discern, Apply and Do.

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