Powered by His Might

I am very blessed to live in a house with eight children. So I know firsthand that more children means more joys and trials, more fun and conflict, extra work and play, exhilaration and exhaustion, and a greater need for PRAYER!

I love the example of Paul as he prayed for his friends, the Colossians. In Col. 1:9-12 he asks God to fill them with the knowledge of His will so that they would walk in a manner worthy of the Lord. He lists five components of a worth walk:

1. to please the Lord in all respects,
2. to bear fruit in every good work
3. to increase in the knowledge of God
4. to be strengthened with the power of His glorious might
5. and to joyously give thanks to the Father.

From a human perspective those five elements are impossible for us to attain. As a mom, I know that it is easy many days to focus on how great the task is and how small our strength is. But notice that the strength to strive for a worthy walk is powered out of His glorious might. Isaiah 40:28 says that “The Everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth does not become weary or tired.” And in v. 31 He promises that “those who wait for the Lord will gain new strength.”

A woman who is striving to walk before the Lord in this worthy way, empowered by His strength and might, is a woman who will be a great blessing to her family. Her husband will have a refuge from the troubles of this world in her love, and her children will find in her a resource of truth, wisdom, and encouragement. I love to pray this for my friends who are also mothers, and I would love for you to pray this for me as well!