FRUITFUL IN EVERY GOOD WORK

“For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God;”  Colossians 1:9-10 (NKJV) Please pray before reading.

Remnant, since we know we have been chosen for such a time as this, we must remember that we are not here just by chance. No, there is something incredibly special about this generation, and we have been chosen to go and bear the fruit fitted for this season and to keep bearing that fruit! The only way in which we can be effective in bearing fruit fit for this season is to develop a strategy.

Paul reveals to us this unfailing prayer strategy here in Colossians. Remember, he prays first that we would “… be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding…” Next, Paul prays that we would “… walk worthy of the Lord…” Then, the prayer is that we would be “…fully pleasing Him…” In conclusion, we see how all of this results in us “… being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God.”

Should we begin to think we can produce fruit fit for the Master Gardener with our own abilities and good works, then prayers of deliverance are necessary, so that we can be released from all fleshly, self-righteous natures.

“And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work.” 2 Corinthians 9:8 (NKJV) It is only through God and His grace abounding toward us that we will ALWAYS have ALL sufficiency in ALL things, resulting in His fruitfulness and His good works. His Word says:

“You have not chosen Me, but I have chosen you and I have appointed you [I have planted you], that you might go and bear fruit and keep on bearing, and that your fruit may be lasting [that it may remain, abide]…” John 15:16 (AMPC)