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Paul prays:
and give you eyes of your heart which have been enlightened, so that you may know what the hope of his calling is, and what the wealth of the glory of his inheritance in holy places is, [Eph 1:18]
We have been called to a hope, although we may not be (fully) enlightened about it. That is why Paul prays for enlightenment.
Hope in Scripture is not a probability or a gamble. It is a definite expectation, and belief, that God will fulfil His promises. Paul prays that we may know the hope to which we have been called. It would be a pity if we were to think we had a different inheritance to the one we have. Knowing that God has
raised us together and seated us together in the upper-heavenly places in Christ Jesus [Eph 2:6]
should help us distinguish our calling from other peoples' callings such as that where
Blessed are the meek,
For they shall inherit the earth. [Matt 5:5]
The better you know the hope of your calling, the better you can
walk worthy of the calling with which you have been called, [Eph 4:1]
So let us study the Ephesian blessings in chapters 1, 2 and 3 carefully and walk worthy of them using the teaching of chapters 4, 5 and 6 to guide our walk.
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