May 27
Firmly planted
Colossians 2:6-7

 

  1. As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him:
  2. Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.

 

We’re told to walk or conduct our lives in Christ.  As we have received Him so walk in Him.  Receiving Jesus Christ into our lives is the first step of a glorious life in Him.  It’s not the ending point, it’s the starting point.

He says, ‘rooted and built up in him.’  The Amplified Bible says, "Have the roots of your being firmly and deeply planted in Him-fixed and founded in Him..."  He should be the foundation of all we do.  Our lives should be fixed and founded in Jesus, established in the faith we’ve been taught and we should abound in thanksgiving.

The deeper our roots in Him go the more thankful we’ll be.  The closer we get to Him the better we understand how much He suffered for us.

 

Confession:

The roots of my being are firmly planted in Jesus Christ.  I make Him the foundation of all I do.  I will be more and more established in faith in Him.  I abound with thanksgiving.

 

 

Obedience is a tree of life!