Wednesday... We think we have it all together.

Wednesday... We think we have it all together. We do.

We have accepted Christ into our life and we think we have it all together. We're ready to handle it all. But the Apostle Paul in Colossians 2 starts verse 6 (NLT) by saying, "And now." There is something more. We have just started.

We get married, we have a baby, we have started that great job or whatever it is and we think we have arrived. But Paul says, "And now, just as you accepted Christ Jesus as your Lord, you must continue to follow him."

We planted some new flowers over the weekend and we could have stood back and admired them and thought that we were done but not in the desert. I go out every night and ever morning and water them. The planting is just the beginning.

He goes on in verse 7, "Let your roots grow down into him, and let your lives be built on him, Then your faith will grow strong in the truth you were taught, and you will overflow with thankfulness."

Yes, we may have asked Christ into our lives and then just sit back each weekend and turn he TV on to watch the church service, to watch as they worship and listen to the message but there is more to growth than just watching and listening. There is also doing, there is growing. We need fellowship. We need to be challenged by other believers and for sure we need to be feeding on God's Word. We need to really get serious about this relationship we have with Christ.

Through verses 8-10 Paul says, "Don't let anyone capture you with empty philosophies and high-sounding nonsense that come from human thinking and from spiritual powers of this world, rather than from Christ. For in Christ lives all the fullness of God in a human body. So you also are complete through your union with Christ, who is the head over every ruler."

There is more to it than just saying I have it, there is a growing in your relationship and union with Christ that we need.  

I read about all of these conspiracy rumors. Christians are even fighting these different conspiracy theories. But do you know who the great conspirator is? It is the Devil. He is doing all he can to get us off track in our relationship and union with Christ.

Now Paul had heard that there were false leaders who were coming in and spreading false teachings to these new churches that he had helped plant and that is where his being in prison came to be what he needed to do. He needed to write to these church and to let these new believers know what the truth was. And that is why we need to spend time in God's Word and with mature believers to see where false teaching is wrong. 

There is more than just having a new relationship, there is now a time for growth.

In verses 20-23 he writes, "You have died with Christ, and he has set you free from the spiritual powers of this world. So why do you keep on following the rules of the world, such as, 'Don't handle! Don't taste! Don't touch!'? Such rules are mere human teachings about things that deteriorate as we use them. These rules may seem wise because they require strong devotion, pious self-denial, and bodily discipline. But they provide no help in conquering a person's desire."

We need guidance, we need wisdom, we need to grow. We think we have it all together but there is more, there really is. So, may we grow in our union and relationship with Christ through his Word and his Spirit. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning