To this end we also pray always for you, that our God may count you worthy of your calling, and fulfill every desire of goodness and work of faith, with power;
that our God would count you worthy of this calling: The word "worthy" (axioo) means "to judge worthy, deem deserving" (Thayer 53-1-515). The word "calling" (kleesis) means "a call, invitation" (Thayer 349-2-2821). Today we feel we are all unworthy--unworthy of His grace and presence. We are not worthy that He, the blessed One, should enter under our roof, into our heart. But whom He loves, those He makes worthy of His love. He counts us worthy, though we are in ourselves unworthy; His grace makes us worthy in Christ. The Father calls us; we through grace obey the calling. He calls us ever higher, nearer to Himself, until we reach at length the prize of the high calling (2:14).