PAUL'S GODLY EXAMPLE

PAUL’S GODLY EXAMPLE

Col. 1:9  So we have continued praying for you ever since we first heard about you.  We ask God to give you a complete understanding of what he wants to do in your lives, and we ask him to make you wise with spiritual wisdom.  NLT

      The Apostle Paul was my kind of a godly leader.  He had a real interest in, and compassion for, the Church.  He was very strong on developing godly character in people.  He did his very best to promote holiness in the Church.  He encouraged people to stand up for Christ and to stand strong against evil. 

      Paul was a man of prayer.  We find him praying for the Colosse church.  His interest in the spiritual development and well-being of the body of Christ came from his prayers for them.  We cannot expect to love others if we don't ever pray for them.  In fact, we can't love others without prayer and we can't pray without loving others. 

      Paul asked God to give the church a complete understanding of His will for their lives and to make them spiritually wise.  God's will can be many different things, but the bottom line is God wants us to be holy before Him.  There are many different things that must happen for us to be, and stay holy.  It is imperative that we discover them and put them into practice in our daily living.

      Spiritual wisdom doesn't just happen.  It takes a fully surrendered and humbled heart before God.  It takes spending much time in God's Word and prayer.  It takes applying to life the things God makes known to us through His Word.  It takes time, work and patience to know how to apply Biblical truth to life.  There has to be a real desire to make it happen before it happens.

       It is my prayer for you that you have a complete understanding of God's will for you and that you become wise with spiritual wisdom.