Colossians 1:9 That is why we keep on talking to God about you since the day we heard about you. We ask him that you may know everything he wants you to do. We ask him that you may be very wise and that the Spirit will help you to understand.
10 We ask him that you will live the way the Lord wants you to live, so that you will please him in everything you do. We ask that you will do everything that is good. We ask that you will see the fruit from what you do. We ask that you will know more and more about God.11 God has wonderful power. And we ask him to give you all the strength you need to go through all your troubles, to be very patient in them, and to be happy.
12 Thank the Father who has made us ready to be with the people of God who live in his light.
Day 23—The Psalms immediately following Psalm 2 are prayers in the light of that Psalm’s Covenant Promise. |
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When we have received into our hearts the admonitions of Psalm 2 which we saw in its last three verses, praying becomes a necessity. We might well imagine there will be opposition from the spiritual forces related to the serpent who seduced our Parents in Eden. When the Son of Man, our Lord Jesus came, he was introduced first of all as the Son of David (Matthew 1:1) He is the one about Whom we learn so much from Paul. Perhaps the most profound revelation from Paul is in Colossians 1:18. We have seen it before, but let us see it again. We cannot see it too much. Let it be written on the walls of our hearts and let it begin entering our understanding.
We will take the whole passage to see the complete Statement.
Colossians 1:16-18—For by Him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by Him, and for Him: and He is before all things, and by Him all things consist. And He is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things He might have the preeminence.
This is the marvelous revelation that came to Paul of Christ’s triumphant work in the heavens. It is apparent to my own heart that this is a work completed, and made certain, by Him when He returned to be seated at the right hand of His Father in the heavens.
Here now is part of the Psalm rejoicing in the triumph that He won for us and in which He leads us while we’re still in this age. Since this Psalm is prophetic, it reaches over the ages to become ours now. It comes from one of the prayers following the Covenant Promise of Psalm 2. These prayers take in Psalms 3 through 6. This is from Psalm 5:11—But let all those that put their trust in Thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because Thou defendest them: let them also that love Thy Name be joyful in Thee.
To read the whole of Psalms 3 through 6, take note that 3 and 5 are morning Psalms, 4 and 6 are for the evenings. Allow the light and glory of Colossians 1:16 to bathe your heart as you read and meditate on these Psalms.DEAR LORD JESUS, I do rejoice in the victory You have won for us who trust You and seek to exalt Your Name. I thank You and praise You for loving me enough to draw me into Your fold. Please enable me, and these I name before You, to live in this age as children of Your Kingdom.
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