Our Life in Christ

Colossians 1-4

“…we pray this in order that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and may please him in every way…so then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live in him, rooted and built up in him…When Christ, who is your life, appears, than you will also appear with him in glory…Whatever you do, work at it will all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men…See to it that you complete the work you have received in the Lord.”

Colossians 1:10; 2:6; 3:4, 23; 4:17 

To be a disciple, or apprentice of Jesus, we must follow him, learn from him, and serve him. Jesus is our life and our source. When we limit our relationship with Jesus to the forgiveness of our sins, we attempt to use Jesus for what we can gain from him. This self-serving understanding of Christianity is not truly biblical, nor is it life-giving. The result of fully surrendering our will and all that we have to Jesus is that we live to please him every day, in every way. Our inner being becomes a temple of his Spirit and we live to worship, commune, follow, and obey him. The assignments he then gives us in his mission become acts of worship to our King.

“Lord Jesus, you are my life; may you be glorified in and through me today.”