KNOW THE HOPE TO WHICH HE HAS CALLED US
Keywords 1:18a
I pray also that the eyes of
your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he
has called you,
1. …so that you may know him better (15-17)
Hearing about the
faith and love of the Ephesian Christians could only bring Paul to prayers of
thanksgiving. Paul thanked God for their faith in the Lord Jesus and their love
for all the saints. He also prayed for two things for them. He asked God to
give them the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, the Holy Spirit. The Ephesians
were very good in many ways. They needed the Holy Spirit so that they may come
to know God even better. We should continually pray that God may grant us His
Spirit that we may come to know Him better.
2. That your heart
may be enlightened (18-23)
The second thing
Paul prayed for was that they may be enlightened by God to know the hope He had
given them. It is hard to have hope in a world in which there seems to be
nothing but bad news. In fact, there is no worldly hope. Our hope is only in
God. We can have this hope because our God raised Christ from the dead and
seated him at His right hand. And we know He will raise us too.
Prayer Lord, grant me the
Holy spirit that I may know you better and have your hope at all times.
One Word That we may know Him better
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