I pray that from his glorious, unlimited resources he will empower you with inner strength through his Spirit
What are your prayers like?
Now think about this: Paul is not praying for individuals to have a good life; rather, he is asking God to strengthen His people in order to shape them into stronger Believers so that they can see that the Good Life is only from God
Praying like this takes our focus off our concerns, our problems, our hopes, even our needs in order to look squarely at God’s delight to empower us with inner strength through His Spirit so that we can live life Victoriously
But this is a hard saying: to want only God when our flesh is screaming out with needs. For how can a person take his focus off the very Concern that wants nothing less than to be served. Concern wants to be the center of attention, and in our own strength we can not move past Concern
Only crying out to Jesus to save us from Concerns will bring about His empowerment through His Spirit