“A True Prayer Warrior” – Pastor’s Pen Sept 2020

“Epaphras, who is one of you and a servant of Jesus Christ, sends greetings.  He is always wrestling in prayer for you, that you may stand firm in all the will of God, mature and fully assured”. (Colossians 4: 12 NIV)

If you ever watched a “real” wrestling match (as opposed to the spectacle that’s called professional wrestling), you see two highly trained, well-conditioned athletes trying to impose their wills on each other. You see two opponents applying the techniques they have learned from practice and from prior experience to achieve their goals.

In the above verse, the word wrestling implies contending passionately and continuously for something. It means coming to God again and again and requesting that which you are convinced in your heart He wants to do for you. Epaphras engaged in that kind of prayer on behalf of the Colossians.  Jacob prayed like that during his encounter with God too (Gen 32: 22-31).  And the good news is that God invites you to pray the very same way.

Can you think of someone you know who could benefit from your prayers? Maybe someone who is doing battle with the forces of evil? Or a married man or woman who is working to save a marriage? Or how about a friend who needs Jesus? If so, learn from Epaphras and from Jacob, and don’t stop asking until God gives you what you know He wants to give you.

“Lord, our Father in heaven, make us to be true prayer warriors, willing to spend as much time as necessary on our knees before You”.

God Bless You This September!
Pastor John