Finally, brethren, pray for
us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as
it is with you: And that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men:
for all men have not faith (2 Thessalonians 3:1-2).
John Wesley, a great man of
God, once said, “It appears that God will do nothing except we ask Him.” It’s
no wonder that he was credited to have, through prayer, effected remarkable
changes in his day, both in his own life and ministry and in the society at
large.
In Luke 18:1, Jesus taught
that men ought always to pray and not to faint. It’s our priestly ministry as
believers to pray for our brothers and sisters all over the world, that through
them, God’s Word will be preached in the nooks and crannies of their nations.
Paul in his epistles,
admonished believers to pray for his missionary work: “Withal praying also for
us, that God would open unto us a door of utterance, to speak the mystery of
Christ, for which I am also in bonds” (Colossians 4:3). This lets us know that
we also must pray that the Holy Spirit will grant the saints all over the world
utterance and opportunities to preach the gospel where they are. In the
scripture we just read, Paul highlighted two important points: utterance and
opportunities. You might have the utterance and not have the opportunity to
preach the gospel, and vise versa; this is the reason we must intercede as
admonished by the Spirit through Paul in Colossians 4:3.
If every Christians would
pray with this consciousness, there will be a great change throughout the
world. Also, Paul said, “…that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked
men: for all men have not faith” (2 Thessalonians 3:2). The Greek word
translated “delivered” is “rhuomai”; it alludes to the rushing current or
flood. By implication, he’s saying that God will rush to deliver – get His
people out of the clutches of wicked and unreasonable men, who are against the
preaching of the gospel.
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