After a couple weeks of what I call "corrective reading", where I see to focus on on the corrections demanded of us in the Bible (all very much needed), I tend to turn to what I might call a "feel good book". Usually, that's Philippians fo rme, yet yesterday I opened to Colossians and read that epistle. It is indeed good to study, verse by verse, chapter by chapter, and yet these epistles are very much designed to read straight through, to get the big picture. And along the way, with Christ clearly square in the center of this one, one can't help but pick up on those "feel good" commands, suggestions, or simply the holy attributes of Christ. So many good things we can be busying ourselves with.
Chapter 1, for instance. Praying always. Rejoicing over hearing of the faith of others. Seeing the gospel bearing fruit in ourselves and others. The quest for spiritual knowledge and understanding. Giving thanks to the Father for our inheritance, which we "already, but not yet" have.
Christ, the Creator, rescued us! He made us to no longer be enemies of God, by His work on the cross and our acceptance of that gift. He has made us all ministers of His gospel. That former "mystery" is now revealed. Christ gives the hope of glory. What a great epistle to bring us into the Christmas season. Join me in thanking Him today.
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