Scripture: Ephesians 3:14-20
One man asked the Lord, “Why did You give us such a peculiar language to use in prayer?”
This is what He spoke to my spirit: “Among men a language has never come into existence
that carries the vocabulary to express everything I am in you through Christ Jesus. Since
there was no language with such a vocabulary, I had to create My own and loan it to you
while you are on the earth. I just loan it to you till you come up to Heaven; then it will cease.
“Meanwhile, you know in part, and I know everything — My entire redemption plan for all
eternity. Whenever the devil comes against you, don’t worry about it. Because of your
infirmities, I will start making intercession for you according to that plan. And even though
you only know in part, I will pray the part you need. In Ephesians 3:14-18 we read one of
Paul’s priestly prayers. “For this reason I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus
Christ, from whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, that He would grant you,
according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the
inner man, that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and
grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length
and depth and height—” Paul asked God that all of us would be strengthened with might. The
Greek Word translated “might” is doo-nam-is. The very same power that the disciples got
when they received the Holy Spirit and prayed in tongues, Paul was praying these saints
would be empowered within their inner man.
Prayer:
We can assume that when we pray in tongues that doo-nam-is might is being
infused into our inner man. Verses 19-20 say, “…to know the love of Christ which
passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. Now to
Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think,
according to the power that works in us,…”
Press in for the benefits
But how do we get there? Let’s look at verse 20. The word used here is power and that
is the word of our focus. Doo-nam-is! How does the doo-nam-is work in us? The
disciples were to stay in Jerusalem until they were endued with power from on High.
When the power from on High came, they began to pray in tongues. Praying in tongues
releases that power in us and brings us into the fullness of Christ.
This is something that we can do at will which is subject to us and takes place at
our disposal. We can pray in this manner any time, any place, anywhere. We
choose when to pray and when to cease praying. How many of us are still acting
as if praying in the Spirit is more a matter of convenience? If embraced as a
constant flow, it would bring benefits beyond measure!