“When the servant of the man
of God was risen early, and gone forth, behold, an host compassed the city both
with horses and chariots. And his servant said unto him, Alas, my master! how
shall we do? And he answered, Fear
not: for they that be with us are more than they that be with them. And Elisha
prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the
LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was
full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha” (II Kings 6:15-17).
One of the best
prayers born again believers can pray for each other echoes Elisha’s prayer for
his servant – “Open his eyes, that he may see.” The Apostle Paul offered such an
intercession for Christians in the New Testament.
“Wherefore I
also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the
saints, cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers;
that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you
the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him, the eyes of your
understanding being enlightened” (Ephesians 1:15-18).
Paul proceeded to request
that the Ephesian believers might see the hope, riches and power they possessed
in the risen Christ. Again, we can
pray few better prayers for others, and we can hope for few better prayers for
ourselves, as prayed by others. The
encouraged believer will likely be a faithful believer who avails himself of the
abundant life of Christ that indwells our spirits. Indeed, Paul called Philemon to a
challenging act of obedience “by
the acknowledging of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus” (Philemon
1:6). The more our eyes are opened
to God’s freely given “unsearchable riches of Christ,” the more our heart,
hands, and feet are likely to live accordingly.
Let us pray for each
other, “Open his eyes, that he may see.”
Much grace known, received, and applied will result, and the enormity of
Christ’s salvation will shine forth from us for the glory of God and the
blessing of others.
“Awake to righteousness and
sin not.”
(I Corinthians 15:34)
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