Bathed in Prayer

June 5

Spiritual blindness pervaded the culture of Paul’s day. Only the Jews, among all the people of the world, abided in the Light of God’s revealed truth. The Greeks and Romans enjoyed a level of advancement that was amazingly creative and powerful—as did the Chinese in the east—but all abode in spiritual darkness.

When Christianity was introduced into the pagan world of Rome, the Apostle Paul strove fervently to scatter seeds of faith in every corner of the Empire. The Pax Romana enabled him to travel in relative safety and through his efforts, as well as those of the other Apostles, Light entered the darkness.

Their efforts were bathed in prayer. In Ephesians 1:18, Paul says, “I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened so you may know what is the hope of His calling.” Paul understood that it took more that mere exposure to Christ’s Light to illumine a man’s heart.

Paul knew that each heart needed to be tender toward Truth in order for the Light, Jesus, to penetrate the night. Today, we who bear Truth within us, must recognize the pervasive darkness around us. We must bathe the blind in prayer so their spiritual eyes and hearts may be open to Jesus’ life-changing Light!