Ephesians 1:17
I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better.
Like Solomon before him, Paul is seeking after God by requesting wisdom. The desire for wisdom springs from the heart of maturity. Among the many requisite elements that surely accompany this noble desire the heart of humility will be found, along with the realization that without God we cannot accomplish God’s plans for us. You see it takes a humble character to recognize that one is not capable of functioning effectively in Kingdom business on ones own strength.
Paul, as a learned scholar of the Scripture surely recalled this verse from the Prophet Jerhamiah
Jeremiah 17:5
This is what the LORD says: "Cursed is the one who trusts in man, who draws strength from mere flesh and whose heart turns away from the LORD.
And furthermore Paul would go on the scribe this passage eventually to the church at Philipi
Philippians 3:3
For it is we who are the circumcision, we who serve God by his Spirit, who boast in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence in the flesh--
So we learn that humility comes before honor. Paul sought after the Lord to bestow His wisdom on his dearly loved disciples in Ephesus. No longer able to be there with them in person He beseeched the Father to pour out His Spirit of Wisdom on them for the task at hand was indeed great.
application
Today I will seek the Lord for wisdom.Check out Margaret's take on this same verse Ephesians 1:17
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