Do You Understand – Rhapsody Of Realities TeeVo Devotional June 28th

(You’ve Been Granted Spiritual Insight And Understanding)

TO THE BIBLE: Colossians 1:9 NIV
“For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all spiritual wisdom and understanding.”

LET’S TALK
Apostle Paul, inspired by the Spirit, offered a powerful prayer for the Christians in Colossae. He prayed that they would be filled with the knowledge of God’s will, coupled with wisdom and spiritual understanding.

It lets us know that there’s such a thing as spiritual understanding, just as there’s a natural understanding.

It takes the Holy Spirit to open your eyes and give you spiritual understanding. He unveils mysteries and secrets of the Kingdom to you. He’s the Spirit of truth, and part of His ministry in your life involves revealing truth to you.

It brings to mind another prayer of the Spirit through Paul in Ephesians 1:17 AMPC: “For I always pray to God… that He may grant you a spirit of wisdom and revelation [of insight into mysteries and secrets] in the [deep and intimate] knowledge of Him.”

Without the understanding and insight that the Spirit gives, your interpretation of life would be ordinary, mundane and useless. It will be difficult to grasp spiritual realities.

Consider the disciples of Jesus for example; though they had been with the Master, they didn’t understand many things that He taught them because they hadn’t received the Holy Spirit.

When He spoke of His death, burial, and resurrection, they grappled with it because they lacked spiritual insight and understanding at the time.

That’s how come even after He rose from the dead, some of them still doubted. But after His resurrection, when He came among them, the Bible says ‘…He breathed on them, and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit”’ (John 20:22).

What He did was to open their understanding by the Holy Spirit so they could receive and comprehend spiritual realities. From then on, they had spiritual insight; they understood the words of Jesus.

When the Holy Spirit comes into your life, He gives you understanding so you’re no longer in the dark about God’s Word, life, or anything.

Through that insight and understanding, you know the paths of life that bring success, joy, victory and prosperity; you’re led in wisdom, glory, and righteousness. Hallelujah!

Go Deeper
Colossians 3:16; Acts 20:32; Ephesians 1:17-18

Pray:
Dear Father, I thank you for the precious gift of the Holy Spirit who grants me spiritual insight, sets me on the right course, and makes me a master in life. Christ is my wisdom, and I live a glorified life in and through the Word, by the power of the Spirit, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.

Daily Bible Reading
ONE YEAR
Acts 13:13-52, Nehemiah 9-10
TWO YEAR
Luke 5:1-11, Deuteronomy 26

Act:
Speak in the tongues of the Spirit and declare that you are full of spiritual insight and understanding from today onward.