保罗一直记挂着那些他带领信主的信徒，他盼望他们在信主之后，在每天的生活中都能继续跟从主。他经常为他们代祷；在今天所读的经文中，我们便看见他的其中一个祷告。他向神祈求甚么呢？他的祈求包含了多方面，但今天我们只抽取其中一点来讨论，那就是：保罗祈求神使信徒「知道他[神]向我们这信的人所显的能力，是何等浩大」。

保罗告诉我们，神的能力是何等浩大。他指出，神昔日使耶稣基督从死里复活的大能，今天仍然在信徒身上显明，信徒可以在生活中体认这种能力。

你曾否想过，神使基督复活的大能，究竟是怎样的一种大能？耶稣的身体已经被放进墓里，墓口有大石封住，外面更有士兵看守。而且，耶稣已死去三天。可是，当神的能力临到耶稣身上，耶稣便从死里复活；祂不用把墓石滚开或越过士兵的看守，就离开了墓穴。保罗在这里正是指出，使耶稣复活的这种能力，就是我们信徒今天在生活和事奉中可经历到的能力。

我们若说：「是的，我晓得神有能力使耶稣基督从死里复活，可是，神却没有能力来帮助我胜过试探！」这岂不是很可笑？神每时每刻都与我们同在，而祂的能力也永不改变。祂当然愿意帮助我们，祂只是等候我们向祂求助。我们若失败跌倒，就只怪我们没有求祂在我们的生命中显出大能吧了！

赶快向神祷告吧！让我们向祂祈求说：「父啊，我相信你的大能。求你在我的生命中显出你的大能和成就你的旨意。」

Paul was always anxious that those who came to know Christ through him should go on with Christ in daily living. He prayed very often for them all and here in these verses is one of those prayers. What did he ask God for? Let’s take just one point and talk about it today. Paul prays ‘that you might know the greatness of God’s power’.

Paul tells us how great God’s power is. He says that the power that God used when he raised Jesus Christ from the dead is still available and active today and we can know its strength in our lives.

Can you think about God’s power that raised Christ? His body was in a sealed tomb and over the doorway was a huge stone. Soldiers were standing guard. Jesus had been dead for three days. Yet when God reached down and touched the body of Jesus with new life, he came out of the tomb without even rolling away the stone or being stopped by the guards. And Paul says that same power can be known by us in our lives and service today.

How foolish we would be if we said, ‘Yes, I know God raised Jesus Christ from the dead, but he can’t help me fight against temptation!’ God is with us today and his power is the same. He is waiting for us to ask him to help us. He is willing to do it. If we fail it’s because we haven’t allowed him to use his mighty power in our lives.

Why not pray today, ‘Father, I believe in your great power. Please help me to allow you to do what you want to do in my life today.’