By Allen White
For
this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for
you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all
spiritual wisdom and understanding. And we pray this in order that you may live
a life worthy of the Lord and may please him in every way: bearing fruit in
every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, being strengthened with all
power according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and
patience, and joyfully giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to
share in the inheritance of the saints in the kingdom of light. For he has
rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the
Son he loves, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
He
is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For by him
all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible,
whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by
him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.
And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the
firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the
supremacy. For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, and
through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or
things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross. Colossians
1:9-20 (NIV)
Consider
how much God love us and how much He gave to secure our salvation. What we have
been given by all accounts is improbable, unlikely and certainly unbelievable.
As we
round out this year, maybe you don’t feel you’ve accomplished enough. Maybe you
don’t really feel like you matter. You do. Look what God thinks of you!
Look at
all of the things that have been promised in this passage:
Knowledge
of His will
Spiritual
Wisdom and Understanding
Fruitfulness
Growth
Strength
Great
endurance
Patience
Joyfully
thanksgiving
Qualified
Rescued
Redeemed
Forgiven
Which
of those words or phrases best describes the quality of your connection with
God? Which stands out as a growth area? Right now, stop and ask God to bring
that particular promise into fulfillment in your life. It may take time, but
this is how God wants you to live. With the “power according to his glorious
might” it can be done.
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