In Colossians 4:3, Paul writes, “Pray also for us, that God may open to us a door for the word.” Why ask God for something he’s on record as wanting anyway? Andree Seu--
If we are not corrected or fine-tuned by such verses we may end up sagging in our duty for the simple reason that we do not think it is so very necessary after all. God is advancing His kingdom, and it is an unstoppable juggernaut, we may say to ourselves (which is the true part). So I do not have to knock myself out much in prayer (that is the false part).
Someday we may understand more fully why the Lord seemed so urgent about our prayers, as if heaven and earth depended on them. Who knows? Maybe it is his way of making us feel fully engaged in the process, body and soul. In the meantime, this SOS from Paul to Colossae to form a prayer circle and not let up is much needed oxygen for my prayer life. If this is the way the Lord wants it, so be it. Let’s do it His way.
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