Col 1:28 Whom we announce, admonishing every man and teaching every man in all wisdom that we may present every man full-grown in Christ; 29 For which also I labor, struggling according to His operation which operates in me in power. Eph 3: 20 But to Him who is able to do superabundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power which operates in us,
[Part 2 of 2] We all can testify that we are energized by Christ’s operation. The more we pray, the more His operation energizes us. However, if we fail to pray, we would become cold and quiet. The reason you may sense little of Christ’s operation within you is that you strive too much and pray too little to contact the Lord. By opening to the Lord in prayer, you give ground for Christ’s operation to operate within you. Then you will be able to struggle according to this operation to present others mature in Christ. Christ’s operation operates in power. Paul refers to this power in Ephesians 3:7 and 20. In Ephesians 3:7 he speaks of “the operation of His power,” and in 3:20, of the “power which operates in us.” This power is the power of resurrection life (Phil. 3:10) within the believers (Eph. 1:19).
It is the very power that operated in Christ to raise Him from the dead, to seat Him at God’s right hand in the heavenlies, and to subject all things under His feet (Eph. 1:20-22). According to Christ’s operation in such a power, we may struggle to present others full-grown in Christ. What Paul did in struggling to present others full-grown in Christ is an example which serves for the perfecting of the saints for the building up of the Body of Christ. It is to struggle according to the operation of Christ that operates in us, that is, to labor by the resurrecting, transcending, and subduing power within us.
Prayer Confession Heavenly Father thank you for this word. Thank you for your power that works within us and because of this power, we ask for the grace that we may struggle to present others full-grown in Christ in Jesus’ name, Amen.