Thoughts for another day

Jan. 22, 2014.

Today's verse: Col. 2:6,7. As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him: Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving. (KJV)

(Pls. read the above before you read further.  Thanks)

There’re three things we have in our Word as Paul tells us: 1. As we have received Christ Jesus our Lord, so we are to walk in Him, 2. To have a firm foundation in Him and be established in the faith as was taught to us and 3. To abound in this state with thanksgiving in our hearts.

It’s wonderful if we put ourselves to the task Paul has for us and while we’re at it, God will be with us, cajoling us, encouraging and empowering us to move forward even as we walk in Jesus Christ our Lord, keeping the precepts He gave in both the major commandments viz. Love God with all your strength, your mind and your heart and love your neighbor as yourself.  Other than this, Christ wants us to walk in the way He spelt out for us in the sermon He gave on the Mount, Matt. chapters 5 to 7. 

It may be difficult when we think of all Jesus has asked us to do in terms of walking in Him, but then we have Him as our firm foundation and He has established us in faith in Him, so walking His way, isn’t going to be a lone and arduous walk, but one where He is there as our Companion to talk with and cheer us on the way.  If we trust Him, He is pleased and He will show us wonderful things which we have never known and our walk will be that much more pleasant even with the tares and thorns pricking us; for who can take His love from us?

Having seen His mercy in our walk, it would then be prudent to thank Him for what He means to us.  See, He gives us the power to live, not just frugal and dissatisfied lives, but bountifully and with joy in our hearts and thus should our souls spring with cries of gratitude for all His works so that as we live we will see His hand upon us and witness His great power in all we do.