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Maturity

November 24, 2009 in Challenges with 178 Comments

simple

So, carrying on from yesterdays post of Christ in me, I read another scripture that was shared with us during the service on Sunday morning.

Colossians 1:26-29 (The Message)

This mystery has been kept in the dark for a long time, but now it’s out in the open. God wanted everyone, not just Jews, to know this rich and glorious secret inside and out, regardless of their background, regardless of their religious standing. The mystery in a nutshell is just this: Christ is in you, so therefore you can look forward to sharing in God’s glory. It’s that simple. That is the substance of our Message. We preach Christ, warning people not to add to the Message. We teach in a spirit of profound common sense so that we can bring each person to maturity. To be mature is to be basic. Christ! No more, no less. That’s what I’m working so hard at day after day, year after year, doing my best with the energy God so generously gives me.

This piece of scripture is just so amazing. I gives you the overview of what we need to do in Christ’s name in a simple 3 verses. What struck me this morning though, is what maturity in Christ is. To be BASIC!

How simple and how profound?

What does it mean to be basic?

Christ was, in all His glory, BASIC!

This is a very profound thing for me. I sometimes think that I have to be well versed in scripture, to be able to carry on, and hold my own, in heavy theological discussions.  I think that I need to be able to pray complicated prayers. Where as this scripture states it clearly, be BASIC!

This morning in the car, stuck in traffic, was a profound moment for me, just praying. For the first time in a very long time, I was able to pray simply to God for the little things in life, and just proclaiming my love for Him.

Me we all go after being BASIC today, and bless the people around us with the simple things in life, like an uplifting word here and there.

Resurrection Life

September 22, 2009 in Challenges with 0 Comments

Colossians 3:1-2 (The Message)

So if you’re serious about living this new resurrection life with Christ, act like it. Pursue the things over which Christ presides. Don’t shuffle along, eyes to the ground, absorbed with the things right in front of you. Look up, and be alert to what is going on around Christ—that’s where the action is. See things from his perspective.

This piece of wisdom from Paul is pretty much where I am at currently in my life. I have been very caught up in what was going on around me, right in front of me. I would get to a point where I simply couldn’t see where I must be in a year or two, and I was getting disjointed in what I did. I would get upset at the smallest of things, and I would get dejected about what other people said to me, but in the process missing the point of why I am here on earth.

The last couple of months, and through this blog, I have been able to remove these visors from my eyes, and started to see the bigger picture. I am able to focus on my calling, and where God wants me to be, rather than to focus on something somebody said to me 5 minutes ago, which they have already forgotten about.

I praise the Lord for this journey that I am on, and for all the growing that is happening within me and within my family in the process as well. I praise the Lord for having a bigger picture. For creating a purpose for each and everyone of us, we must just go out and seek this purpose.

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