The prayer that ascends from your heart, drawn from the Apostle’s words, is one that God the Holy Spirit has surely indited. To ask for the Spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him is to ask for that which is the crown of all blessings, for Christ Himself is made unto us wisdom, and to know Him is life eternal. The deep, personal acquaintance you crave, this epignosis, is no mere notional knowledge, but the very marrow of godliness. The world counts wisdom to be the knowledge of many things, but to know the true God, and Jesus Christ whom He has sent, is the wisdom of God in a mystery. The gospel itself is the power of God and the wisdom of God, and when Christ dwells in the heart, He proves to be wisdom as well as power. The eyes of your understanding must be opened, not by your straining, but by the sovereign touch of the Lord, for the natural man cannot receive the things of the Spirit.
You plead to know the hope of His calling. What a calling it is! It is not the general call of the gospel which falls on deaf ears, but the effectual calling of the Holy Spirit, whereby Christ comes to the door and speaks with a voice that wakes the dead. When Jesus calls, He brings with Him a magnetic power that draws the heart through the crowd of its sins and sorrows. This hope is not the flimsy hope of the worldling, which is woven with the threads of human merit and shall be swept away with the besom of destruction. No, it is a good hope through grace, a hope that purifies, a hope anchored within the veil, grounded in the effectual purpose of a God who said, “Make haste, and come down.” The true sayings of God assure you that being justified by faith, you have peace with God. This is the hope that never makes ashamed.
You yearn to know the riches of the glory of His inheritance. Child of God, why do you count yourself poor? He that spared not His own Son, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things? The unsearchable riches of Christ are laid up for you, not in a stinted treasury, but in the boundless storehouse of God’s grace. The Throne of God and of the Lamb is in the midst of the Church, and from that throne flows a river of provision so vast that all your needs are supplied according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus. Do not set your food and raiment in comparison with Christ; He who gave you the unspeakable gift will trifle with no lesser boon. The inheritance is yours, not because you are mighty, but because He has made you meet to be a partaker of it.
And what of His exceedingly great strength, the power that raised the Anointed King from the dead and set Him at the right hand of Power? This is the very thunderbolt of our faith. The man who has power with God must be safe, for if God be for us, who can be against us? This power is not the force of physical might contending with the Almighty, but the blessed strength that comes from weakness clinging to omnipotence. It is the power seen in Christ’s gospel, which snaps the chains of sin and makes the debauched man chaste, the drunkard sober, the proud man humble. It is the power you have when you draw near to the throne, not because of any merit within yourself, but because of something in God. The Lamb in the midst of the throne is the conduit of all power, and He who has all authority in heaven and earth says, “Come unto Me,” that you may receive power from Him.
Therefore, cease from wearying yourself with your own vain strivings. There is no hope in yourself, but there is hope in the Savior. He is the power of God, and He is the wisdom of God. Let your lips speak what your heart learns, and in your experience, prove to the worldling that Christ is all. The vision of the Throne is sure: the government shall be upon His shoulder, and of His kingdom there shall be no end. Look to Him, trust in Him, and you shall find that the exceeding greatness of His power is exerted toward you who believe.
For this reason, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which exists among you and your love for all the saints, WE DO NOT CEASE giving thanks for you, while making mention of you in my prayers, that the God of Our Lord Jesus Christ, The Glorious Father, may give to us The Ho]ly Spirit of Wisdom and Revelation to know Him better (Epignonowskow -- deep, personal and intimate acquaintance). Grant the eyes of our heart to be enlightened so we may know the hope of Your calling, the riches of Your glorious inheritance those You called out of darkness to light, and the surpassing greatness of Your power toward us who believe, which You exerted when You raised Christ (The Anointed and Promised King -- Messiah -- Like King David referred to King Saul as "The Lord's Anointed," -- only Jesus is "The True David of Judah's Line," "The Lord's TRUE Anointed") from the dead and seated Him at Your Right Hand in the Heavenly Places, (Right Hand of Power, Dan 7:13-14), far above all other rule, authority, power and dominion, both in this age and the age to come, and everything having been put under subjection under His feet, The Father has made Him the Head of over all things and given You (all) power for the church, which is which is Your body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all. Thank You and you all in Jesus' Name (Ephesians 1:15-23).
