“I trust that through your prayers I shall be given to you.” Here we see balanced believers. Paul was not so super-spiritual that he did not believe in the means. Paul had faith in God’s people’s faith. He trusted their prayers, because he knew they trusted the One who answers prayers. You can always trust someone who trusts God.
We find here the greater being helped by the lesser. But there was wisdom in doing so, for the latter would receive benefits from the former by his ministering to their Spiritual needs. When people pray for faithful ministers, they are, in effect, praying for themselves and their own Spiritual welfare. You might say it has a boomerang effect!
It is wise for those in high positions of Spiritual leadership to humbly request the prayers of God’s lowly saints. Peter chained in prison slept peaceably, knowing God’s people were praying for him.
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