Day 287
Reading: Colossians 1:1 - Colossians 4:18
When Paul wrote the letter to the Ephesians he focused on Christ and the body. The letter to the Ephesians is about what Christ has bestowed on the body. Thus we believers discover that we are sat in heavenly places in Christ from Paul's letter to the church in Ephesus. However, to the church in Colossae, he focuses on Christ the Head. Notice that Paul prays for the believer to be filled with wisdom in both letters to the Ephesians and Colossians. We all need wisdom, however, divine wisdom is more important.
One of the first things that Paul speaks about is that the believers in Colossae had a faith in Christ that was spoken of. As I read this statement the Holy Spirit reminded me of the importance of having faith in Christ alone. Many today have faith in people, things, money, a gift from God and forget that faith is to be rooted and grounded in Christ alone. Faith in anyone and anything else is bound to fail.
The believer needs to live in the consciousness of being delivered from the kingdom of darkness to the Kingdom of light. Through the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross you, my dear believer, have been purchased with a price that exceeds every satanic agenda in power and authority. God has moved your seat. As I read these words in the letter to the Colossians that I have been moved I began to realise why I have no reason to be in any form of bondage. Satan has no jurisdiction over me. I dwell in the light of God's Kingdom. God's light is shining over all that concerns me. Darkness cannot co-exist with light, therefore, every form of satanic darkness lurking around is shattered by God's light within me.
Paul teaches the believer that in Christ we are complete. Let me deal with a lie from the pit of hell. Many today walk around thinking that a spouse will complete them. My spouse is not my better half. I am complete in Christ. Only in God is 1+1=1. God does not bring two halves together. When Jesus cried out and said it is finished, you and I were made whole. God has completed what we need for our salvation. Our responsibility is to believe and work it out.
At the Cross, not only were we purchased with the Blood of Jesus, every handwriting against us was nailed on the Cross. Every legal requirement for your salvation was met by Jesus at the Cross and every failing that humanity has hanging over it was overwritten. We are absolved of every failing at the Cross.
The secret to manifesting the light of God is to let the Word of God dwell richly in us. Take the Word of God and let it dwell in your heart. You will soon discover that it is putting to death the works of the flesh and that you are showcasing the new man of Christ, the hope of glory.
Memory Verse: Colossians 3:16
Decree:
Colossians 2:6-7
As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving. (italics mine)
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