"For
this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray
for you, and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His
will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;
that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God;"
Colossians 1:9-10 (NKJV)
If you had a container of some kind, you could fill it with whatever you wanted to. If you had a bottle, a box, or something similar, the space in this object could be filled with one thing, or a mixture of things. For example, you could fill a bottle with water, milk, or some other liquid. If you had a bottle already filled with water, you could also add milk to that, and that bottle would still be full, but it would no longer just be filled with water. Once you fill the bottle with something, it will be full.
In Colossians 1, Paul prayed that the believers in Colosse would be filled with the knowledge of God's will, in all wisdom and spiritual understanding. In Colossians 1:10-11, Paul talked about the results of being filled with the knowledge of God's will: a life that is worthy of God, fully pleasing God, being fruitful in every good work, increasing in the knowledge of God, and being strengthened with all might by His power. If we have a mixture of God's will, our will, and something else, will we have the results Paul prayed about?
If we are filled with the knowledge of God's will, as Paul prayed for the believers in Colossians 1:9, then we would not really have room to be filled with something else. Paul prayed that these believers would be filled with the knowledge of God's will, not that the knowledge of God's will would just be an optional addition to their own will. God wants us to know His will and to live the life He has planned for us, but the only way to do that is to know and be filled with the knowledge of God's will, and then do His will.
that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God;"
Colossians 1:9-10 (NKJV)
If you had a container of some kind, you could fill it with whatever you wanted to. If you had a bottle, a box, or something similar, the space in this object could be filled with one thing, or a mixture of things. For example, you could fill a bottle with water, milk, or some other liquid. If you had a bottle already filled with water, you could also add milk to that, and that bottle would still be full, but it would no longer just be filled with water. Once you fill the bottle with something, it will be full.
In Colossians 1, Paul prayed that the believers in Colosse would be filled with the knowledge of God's will, in all wisdom and spiritual understanding. In Colossians 1:10-11, Paul talked about the results of being filled with the knowledge of God's will: a life that is worthy of God, fully pleasing God, being fruitful in every good work, increasing in the knowledge of God, and being strengthened with all might by His power. If we have a mixture of God's will, our will, and something else, will we have the results Paul prayed about?
If we are filled with the knowledge of God's will, as Paul prayed for the believers in Colossians 1:9, then we would not really have room to be filled with something else. Paul prayed that these believers would be filled with the knowledge of God's will, not that the knowledge of God's will would just be an optional addition to their own will. God wants us to know His will and to live the life He has planned for us, but the only way to do that is to know and be filled with the knowledge of God's will, and then do His will.
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