Today’s Thought “I Look Back and Wonder…” G. Ward

 

Colossian 1: ⁹ For this reason we also, since the day we heard about it, have not ceased praying for you and asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, ¹⁰ so that you will walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, to please Him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God.

 

Paul, the Apostle loved God’s church, so much so that he sought to thwart the pain other believers would/could encounter with trickery from false teachers sounding like truth tellers. He was in essence preaching steadfastness in Christ, not a conjured morality, nor defense mechanisms, just a perfect reliance on all our Lord taught; a kind of daily, personal interrogation. He wanted them to know his praying their success in the Lord would never cease.

Our praying for the saints has to be similar; for falsehoods are plenteous and one who has placed their trust in the Lord’s Way will hear from others initially appearing to speak the same spiritual language and therefore warranting importance to know the message of Christ so well, to never be deceived. To awaken each day is with that responsibility; for the attitude of Christ is putting other’s interests ahead of our own.

 

Father God, thank You for the warnings that allow us to see, hear and adopt more of Your Word than flattery from men. Knowing Christ is our determination to walk as HE did and HE awakened in celebration of all You desired. So, may we all determine that to serve You, must find another to serve, that they’d be anchored in Your Word, through Jesus, Amen.