The word of the Gospel has come unto us and brings forth fruit as it also does in the world. If it had not been that I got saved, I would have become a much different man. Possibly I would have been in jail by now. Certainly, I would have depressed myself into a stupor. A prayer of Apostle Paul for us, written to the Collisions, is that we have knowledge, walk in a right way, have might and be thankful.
- Knowledge of God: who he is, what he means, what he wants, what he does.
- Knowledge of us: what our place is, what we can do, what we should think,
- That we should walk worthy: doing the right things, pleasing god, bearing fruit, increasing our knowledge of God.
- That we should give thanks: to God who has given us all the physical things in our lives, shown us the right way to think, behave and made us fit to take a part of the inheritance of the Saints.
- That we have the might of God: his power working out knowledge, patience, long suffering, joyfulness. This is not usually what men want might for; they want it for dominance and for the fulfilling of their own lusts. They hardly think of “might” in connection with patience, long suffering, and least of all joyfulness. I seldom (if ever) think of it that way.
