What do you pray for? Do you pray to be worthy? Do you pray that God will grant his power to you? Do you pray for your works of faith? Do you pray that Jesus will be glorified through your works? Do you ask God to shed his grace on you? Do you know prayer is very important?
We pray for many things, often things we want. We don’t always pray that God will grant us his power or his grace. We don’t always pray that we do the works God has set before and that he will bless us in doing so. We don’t always pray that God guide us we can glorify him.
Not only do we not often pray for those things for ourselves, we also don’t pray for them for others. The Apostle Paul prayed for those things for the church in Thessalonica. He wanted them to be blessed with God’s power and grace. He wanted them to be blessed in the works God had set before them, not for their sake, but so God would be glorified.
When we pray that God’s will be done and that he provides all that is needed for it, God will do as we ask. God desires us to carry out his will, which includes the good works he has set before us to do. His power and grace will be granted to us as we go about doing his work. That work is the works of faith Paul is praying for. All of this is done to glorify God and to show God to others. So, pray for these things.
I pray we all pray that God’s will be done. I pray we ask for God’s power and grace. I pray each one of us will ask God to show us the works he has set before us and that we may glorify him. Pray God’s will be done. Ask for God’s power. Ask for God’s grace. Ask God to show you the works he has for you. Glorify God in your works of faith.
2 Thessalonians 1:11-12 To this end we always pray for you, asking that our God will make you worthy of his call and will fulfill by his power every good resolve and work of faith, so that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you and you in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Marty Pressey 