That He May Grant
I read Isaiah 41 on Monday morning and verse 10 has this promise, “…fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you and not cast you off.”
As you read that passage you can stop and pray for God to do any of those things in your life, but I noticed the phrase, “I will strengthen you.” I noticed it because Paul’s prayers include that thought…it is a theme in his letters.
We are all aware of Philippians 4:13, but in his prayers he says things like, “that according to the riches of His glory He may grant you to be strengthened with power through His Spirit in your inner being.”
What jumped out at me this week are words “that He may grant…”. We are dependent upon the mercy and grace of God. He must grant that we are strengthened. Ask Him to grant it.
In 2 Thessalonians 1:11, “To this end we always pray for you, that God may make you worthy of His calling…”. Once again, we are dependent upon His grace and mercy…we are asking that he may make us worthy…it is His mercy and His power that we are seeking.
In Colossians 1:9-14 Paul asks for God to fill the readers so that they can walk in a manner worthy of the Lord and that they would be in the process of being strengthened with all power.
As you pray this morning, come before the Father knowing that it is indeed His will to grant these things or He would not have revealed them, but while it is His will to grant them, He wants us to ask Him to do it.
As you read that passage you can stop and pray for God to do any of those things in your life, but I noticed the phrase, “I will strengthen you.” I noticed it because Paul’s prayers include that thought…it is a theme in his letters.
We are all aware of Philippians 4:13, but in his prayers he says things like, “that according to the riches of His glory He may grant you to be strengthened with power through His Spirit in your inner being.”
What jumped out at me this week are words “that He may grant…”. We are dependent upon the mercy and grace of God. He must grant that we are strengthened. Ask Him to grant it.
In 2 Thessalonians 1:11, “To this end we always pray for you, that God may make you worthy of His calling…”. Once again, we are dependent upon His grace and mercy…we are asking that he may make us worthy…it is His mercy and His power that we are seeking.
In Colossians 1:9-14 Paul asks for God to fill the readers so that they can walk in a manner worthy of the Lord and that they would be in the process of being strengthened with all power.
As you pray this morning, come before the Father knowing that it is indeed His will to grant these things or He would not have revealed them, but while it is His will to grant them, He wants us to ask Him to do it.
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