Daily Walk Through the New Testament
Read Colossians 1:24-2:15                                January 7
We all admire strong faith. We find it inspiring. We really do desire it, but the question is, how do we acquire it? Most of us have been influenced by someone whose faith seemed to be head & shoulders above our own. Perhaps it has even caused us to question the validity of our own faith, or has motivated us in a positive way to pursue our personal journey of faith.
How can we live out the admonition of Paul to walk in Christ, being rooted, built up, and established in the faith (2:6-7). It all goes back to our understanding of those important words in 1:27, “Christ in you, the hope of glory.” This is one of the great truths in all of Scripture. Christ’s presence in His people is the bedrock of living a life of faith. His presence in us means we are strengthened by certain attributes of God now living in us. The Bible teaches us that God is love, light, and life. Think about that for a moment. Christ is in us, and so the love, light, and life of God is also in us. Your faith can be strong when you start living out that truth.
St. Irenaeus once declared, “The glory of God is man fully alive.” You can only be fully alive when you believe, understand, and begin to live out the fact of Christ being in you. Your faith is only as strong as the One who is the object of your faith. Paul said that in Christ “dwells all the fullness of the Godhead” and that we are “complete in Him, who is the head of all principality and power” (2:9-10).
Be strong in your faith by understanding who Christ is, who you are in Him, and what you have in Him.