In Ephesians 1:6 as we look further at the Greek word khar-ee-to-o that is used to describe believers. The second and third times the word is used in the Greek New Testament is in Ephesians 1:6. This verse says, “…to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He made us accepted (khar-ee-to-o) in the Beloved”. Khar-ee-to-o/kar-ee-to-o is used twice in this same verse. It is a picture of the double. It is as if God is saying to us, ‘I have highly favored you with high favor. That could be even more troubling than Luke 1:28 because the angel said to Mary, “Rejoice, highly favored one, the Lord is with you.” Her greeting was with one khar-ee-to-o. What should we expect having two used to describe us? Is this another picture of the double or something else? Mary had a supernatural encounter with the angel Gabriel who delivered the message, maybe the absence of an angel to declare God’s message to us warrants two uses of khar-ee-to-o we see in Ephesians just to carry the same weight or maybe it is repetition to get a point across. The double use of khar-ee-to-o is a mystery that we need to pray out! Will our assignment be twice as hard to walk out as Mary’s? Perhaps the double refers to Acts 2:36 where we must be as proficient at the judicial as we are in evangelism for the sake of breaking deep darkness. Read 1 Corinthians 2:6-12- Paul went through a season where he despaired even of life. He was ready to give up! What if we are ready to give up but suddenly remember there is a mystery unresolved with our name on it! God declared double favor on us as was on Mary! ‘Now, God, what is the personal application? Where is it hiding? I am not willing to die without knowing the depth of what you prepared for me! Verse 10 was Your idea and now I’m holding You to it!’ “But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes the deep things of God.” If there was ever a motivation to pray in the Spirit and hang onto God, this is it! ‘God, we want our personal mystery resolved! God, show us, teach us, reveal it to us. This was Your idea, now reveal it, in Jesus name!’
Today @ 7:18p.m. is the full moon
- As the moon is full of light, so has God ushered the church into a season of the fullness of His light and has commanded that the church rise and shine because her light has come and the glory of the Lord is risen upon her.
- Pray that each member of the church will willingly locate themselves in righteousness, holiness, purity of heart and the fear of the Lord so the glory of the Lord that is risen upon them will fill their beings then they will shine as the light of the world just as Jesus shined. (Isa 1:19; Phil 2:13; John 8:12; Isa 60:1-2; Mat 5:14; John 9:5)
- Pray for an unveiling of our eyes to see and know and say what the Lord is saying about us to have full manifestation of His presence through us in the earth.
- Praying in the Spirit promises to unfold the depths of God’s storehouse containing our personal inheritance and assignment. Your tongue is the rope to let down into the well of the depts of God out of the belly! We pray it out in tongues. One of the most practical things God has ever given us is the prayer language of tongues! When we ask God for the Holy Spirit, He promises not to give us a stone, a serpent or a scorpion but to give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!