Colossians 2:6-7
I worked with a woman who had a chronic disease that caused her pain. She got frustrated with her doctor and went to someone new, who asked if she had been taking her medicine. When she said she hadn’t, this new doctor simply sent her back to her original doctor.
The solution wasn’t to find a new doctor. And it is likely that no doctor has the cure for her ailment. What needed to happen was that she must be disciplined enough to do what she has been told to.
In this letter to the church at Colosse we have some words of encouragement. After receiving Jesus what are we to do? How are we to live in him? What should overflow in us?
Just as health issues may never go away, to the point that we need to take medication daily, so the healing of our sins is not always a one-time event. We can come to the Lord and be forgiven, but in time our old sins usually creep back into our lives and we need to be cleansed again.
And even without he sinful nature of humanity, it is so easy for many to take their faith for granted and to allow their enthusiasm for God to grow stale. After we accept Jesus and all the exciting “newness” of that salvation experience wears off we should not forget Jesus.
We must make a new commitment to him every day and find that joy that we felt when we first encountered his love. That joy and gratitude should overflow in us every day, because Jesus is with us every day.
So then, each worship service, each time with God, should be as deep and sincere as the first. God deserves nothing less.
DAILY CHALLENGE: What can remind you of your high points of zeal when your faith begins to fade?
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