Tonight I continued my meditations on Colossians 1:9-14. What encouraging and challenging words these are to me. D.A. Carson's book, A Call to Spiritual Reformation, reflects on what it truly means to "be filled with the knowledge of [God's] will". He says it's more than just having an understanding about future events such as who should I marry or what career should I choose. He writes:
The rapid growth of many churches in, say, sub-Saharan Africa and in Latin America, as humbling and as thrilling as it may be, will be jeopardized unless it is accompanied by a deepening knowledge of God's will. And in the Western world, where much of the church continues to squander its remarkable heritage in the grace of God, the knowledge of God declines while our fascination with techniques and fads increases. Are these not reasons to join Paul in his prayer that God might fill believers with the knowledge of his will? (p. 104)
Oh that we would desire to meet with God in His word constantly so that our minds and hearts might continually be transformed!
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