Skip to main content

Word Filled Wednesday

wfw-2008sm

Paul prayed this prayer in Ephesians 1:17,18 - “that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of Glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him, the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints,”

suntree-1-1

As Christians in today’s world, we sometimes want to seem like we have it all together and have the Christian walk all figured out.  We find that balance where we attend church regularly, volunteer to do church work, tend to our families and live morally pure lives.  But as time wears on and we continue on day after day , doing these same things over and over, they may become redundant.  The sermons, the prayers, the reading of the Bible become a routine – a good routine, but may lack passion and we may find ourselves lost in the “doing”. 

I love finding a verse that sparks a light in my heart and taking that verse and hiding it in my heart and praying it back to God.  There is power in hearing, receiving and praying God’s Word.  This is one of those verses and my heart’s desire – for God to give me the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him – that as I go along “doing” all the duties of a Christian that He will bring His Word to life in my heart and show me what He alone can teach me.  That He would open the eyes of my understanding and teach me the hope of His calling.  There is an abundance of riches and glory as we share God’s Word.  May His Word touch you today and open to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in Him.

Comments

  1. CathyJanuary 27, 2010 at 3:03 PM

    That is just beautiful, thank you ~
    Blessings ~

    ReplyDelete
  2. SusannahJanuary 27, 2010 at 5:33 PM

    Excellent. I love the idea of praying God's word--which I don't do enough. It's Truth breathed out.

    I agree, we should not "grow wearing in doing good" but sometimes, we do. Praying God would answer the prayer of your heart!

    Happy WFW,

    e-Mom @ Chrysalis

    ReplyDelete
  3. PiaJanuary 27, 2010 at 7:29 PM

    i was just asking God to give me a spirit of wisdom and revelation. i ask Him this all the time. that is also one of my heart's desires.

    God bless you,

    ReplyDelete
  4. SusanJanuary 27, 2010 at 10:04 PM

    Thanks Joyce,

    This was incredible, and so true!!

    I appreciate you sharing your thoughts with your scripture.

    Thanks so much for joining us today at WFW~

    ReplyDelete
  5. Kaye SwainJanuary 27, 2010 at 10:54 PM

    What a delightful Word-filled Wednesday :) I am with you. It is such a delight when God spotlights a special verse for me. Keeps me digging deep for more such gifts. :)

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Thank you for sharing your commment. It is a joy and blessing to hear from you and your words are appreciated.

Popular posts from this blog

Sometimes We Score, Sometimes We Block

Our family is in the midst of little league soccer season. My youngest son is playing and his enthusiasm is contagious. He is pretty good at the sport, but what makes it so great is that he loves it! He counts the days until the next game or practice. He loves his coach and teammates. He has moved up an age level this year and the players are working more like team, passing to each other and watching out for each other during play. During the last game, my son scored two goals, they were the only goals of the game. In today's game the team scored eight goals. My son came up afterwards to me and said, "I didn't score today, but I blocked". What a powerful truth those words can hold. In life, sometimes we score, sometimes we block. Sometimes we do great things, we excel, we achieve, we meet our goal - we score! There are also times we see the needs of others, sometimes they are sad or hurting, we block their hits. We look out for them so they can score. We...
17 comments
Read more

Paths of Prayer

Today, I'm joining up with Five Minute Friday, a fun writing opportunity to connect and share a quick thought on this week's theme "Path". For many years, when coming across a Scripture about 'paths', it turned into a prayer and desire to be led down God's open paths. Through the years of life which included, marriage, keeping a home, job, raising children and as they began to explore their own paths, seeking God and His paths became a vital part of life and prayer.  As God's Word reveals God's goodness and His ways, I want to be walking - living a lifestyle on the paths that He leads.  Some of my favorite 'path' verses include: Proverbs 4:18 "But the path of the just is like the shining sun, That shines ever brighter unto the perfect day."   Psalm 25:4,  "Show me your ways, LORD, teach me your paths,"  Proverbs 3:5-6: "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding; in all your way...
2 comments
Read more

Word-Filled Wednesday

I love participating in Word Filled Wednesday . This is hosted over at 160 acrewoods and is designed to share God's Word with verse and picture. Go over and take a peek - you will be blessed! The verse I chose for today is one of my favorite verses. A while back during an intense trial of watching a loved one struggle with addiction - ready to lose everything over the addiction, I read this verse and it spoke to my heart clearly. Without God - there is no hope, the things of this world will leave you empty and void. Chasing after the things of the world is like chasing the wind, you just can't grasp it. But in God there is hope. Even though the trial may be tough and challenging, God is hope and He will fill you with peace and joy as you believe in Him and you will abound in hope. May your day be blessed and filled with HOPE!
18 comments
Read more