DT – Colossians 4 – Devoting to Prayer

What would it take for someone to “devote [themselves] to prayer, being watchful and thankful”? Someone who is devoted to prayer makes priority a priority after daily devotions.  They set aside time to pray, and when they pray they pray in a position that’s conducive to prayer (I’m far more focused and reverent when I pray standing up versus sitting down).  Someone who is watchful is someone who is thinking about what is happening to the people around him, and he thinks about how those events will impact his community.  Someone who is watchful is someone who takes necessary action and is thoughtful about the impact that those actions will make.  Someone who is thankful is content with what he has.  He is humble and he is helpful.  He understands that he is been a recipient and just wants to give back.

What can I learn about the sort of things Apostle Paul asks the people at Colosse to pray for? What are my prayers full of?  What priority does this reveal? What is the role of prayer in evangelism?  What I can learn is that evangelism is an important topic of prayer.  And if it is an important topic of prayer, and then God has a lot to do with the success of evangelism.  It also shows that we are to partner up with God in evangelism, and a significant role that we play in evangelism is prayer.  Apostle Paul was very mission minded, and he desperately wanted to reach the world.  He understood that the task was beyond him, and knew he needed God’s help.  And so he asked for prayers.

Tags: Colossians, Prayer

~ by williamkang on May 11, 2009.