Day 12
Ephesians 1:16–19 (NET)
I do not cease to give thanks for you when I remember you in my prayers. I pray that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you spiritual wisdom and revelation in your growing knowledge of him, —since the eyes of your heart have been enlightened—so that you may know what is the hope of his calling, what is the wealth of his glorious inheritance in the saints, and what is the incomparable greatness of his power toward us who believe, as displayed in the exercise of his immense strength.
Paul’s prayer in Ephesians is striking for what it does not ask. He does not pray for protection, success, or even relief from hardship. Instead, he prays for sight. “That the eyes of your heart may be enlightened.” Paul assumes that God’s abundance is already present—but not always perceived.
The abundance described here is not external prosperity but inner awakening. Paul speaks of hope, inheritance, and power. Realities that already belong to God’s people, yet often remain unrealized. We do not lack them because God is withholding. We lack them because we have not yet learned how to see.
This is a different kind of abundance. Hope that anchors us when circumstances feel unstable. An inheritance that reminds us we belong to something larger than our present moment. Power—not as control or dominance, but as God’s immense strength at work toward us. Sustaining, restoring, and shaping us over time.
Paul’s prayer suggests that abundance is not something we strive to acquire but something we awaken to. The “wealth of his glorious inheritance” is not earned through effort; it is received through relationship. As our knowledge of God deepens, our vision expands. We begin to recognize the quiet richness of what has been given all along.
In a world that measures abundance by accumulation, this passage invites a gentler posture. To slow down. To pay attention. To ask for clearer sight, not more things. God’s abundance is already at work—patient, powerful, and present—waiting to be seen.
The abundance described here is not external prosperity but inner awakening. Paul speaks of hope, inheritance, and power. Realities that already belong to God’s people, yet often remain unrealized. We do not lack them because God is withholding. We lack them because we have not yet learned how to see.
This is a different kind of abundance. Hope that anchors us when circumstances feel unstable. An inheritance that reminds us we belong to something larger than our present moment. Power—not as control or dominance, but as God’s immense strength at work toward us. Sustaining, restoring, and shaping us over time.
Paul’s prayer suggests that abundance is not something we strive to acquire but something we awaken to. The “wealth of his glorious inheritance” is not earned through effort; it is received through relationship. As our knowledge of God deepens, our vision expands. We begin to recognize the quiet richness of what has been given all along.
In a world that measures abundance by accumulation, this passage invites a gentler posture. To slow down. To pay attention. To ask for clearer sight, not more things. God’s abundance is already at work—patient, powerful, and present—waiting to be seen.
Prayer Focus for today:
A prayer for illumination—ask God to open the eyes of our hearts so we may see the hope, inheritance, and quiet power already given to us in Christ.
A prayer for illumination—ask God to open the eyes of our hearts so we may see the hope, inheritance, and quiet power already given to us in Christ.
Posted in Month of Prayer 2026
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