Walking In Full Knowledge
For this cause we also, since the day we heard it,
do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye
might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all
wisdom and spiritual understanding
(Colossians 1:9)
Observe the Spirit’s choice of words through
Paul, and his beautiful prayer for God’s
people in our opening text. He desires that we be
filled with the knowledge of God’s will in all wisdom
and spiritual understanding. I’ll like you to notice the
distinctive word “knowledge.” That word is the Greek
“Epignosis,” and it means absolute knowledge, far
removed from speculations and assumptions; it’s exact,
precise, definite or full knowledge.
The Spirit’s desire for you isn’t just for you to have
an idea or be merely aware of God’s will; He wants
you to become fully acquainted with His will. He wants
you to come into the full comprehension of the will of
the Father. Moreover, when you know God, you know
all things, for He’s the embodiment of all wisdom and
knowledge. So, in Christ, you have insight into reality.
You can have full knowledge about anything. Can you
imagine that?
You might ask, “Why then is this not working
for me?” Simple! Hosea 4:6 says, “My people are
destroyed for the lack of knowledge….” First, you have
to know about it, like you’re learning now. Romans
10:17 says, “So then faith cometh by hearing, and
hearing by the word of God.” Secondly, you have to
be conscious of it for it to work. If you don’t know it,
you can’t use it; and if you’re not conscious of it, it’ll
not work.
Thirdly, you have to confess and declare this to be
the reality of your life: you’re filled with the knowledge
of God’s will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding!
Bring it to your everyday consciousness. Philemon 1:6
says the communication of your faith becomes effective
by the “epignosis” of every good thing, which is in you
in Christ Jesus. This means as you’re brought into this
full and special knowledge of all the good things that
are in you in Christ Jesus, the demonstration of your
faith becomes more productive. Glory to God!
Prayer
Lord, I thank you for enlightening my spirit to know and apprehend
all that you’ve made available to me in Christ! I’m walking in the
reality of my inheritance; the communication of my faith is
effectual, as I walk in the exact, and full knowledge of Christ.
I walk in victory, dominion, and success always, in Jesus’ Name.
Amen.
Further study:
Philemon 1:6; Ephesians 3:17-19; Ephesians 1:15-18
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