Daily Devotional – Monday, February 4, 2024
Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful.
Colossians 4:2 (NIV)
According to the Cambridge Dictionary, devote something to something/someone means “to give all of something, especially your time, effort, or love, or yourself, to something you believe in or to a person.”
Continue Earnestly in Prayer
In his concluding remarks in the epistle to the Christians in the city of Colossae, the apostle Paul urged, “Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful.” (Colossians 4:2).
Believers are supposed to dedicate their time, effort, and passion to communion with God. Prayer is to be a deliberate activity and not an infrequent response to the challenges we face in life. We need to schedule regular appointments at the throne of mercy and grace.
Keep Praying
Alongside prayer, Paul counsels us to be watchful. Hence, we need to be careful not to become complacent and ritualistic in our prayer lives. The devil hates the praying Christian, and he will use all efforts to distract and dissuade us from having quality time with God. It is in prayer that God reveals to us the devil’s traps to help us escape them.
In addition, our earnest prayers should entail thanksgiving. Expressing gratitude to God creates room for Him to bless us more so that we may proclaim His goodness to others. Thankfulness for prayers that are not yet answered, however, is the highest expression of faith.
Devote Yourself to Prayer
Today, choose to devote yourself to prayer while being watchful and grateful. Create a prayer schedule. If possible, have a special place for communing with God. Start and end the day with prayer. Pray during the day and at night. Let prayer be as vital to you as breathing.
Prayer
Dear God, by Your grace, I am devoting myself to prayer with vigilance and thanksgiving.
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