We tend to think of ourselves in terms of what job we do, or what we have achieved, or in relation to the people around us. But Paul tells us to find our identity elsewhere:
Once you were alienated from God and were enemies in your minds because of your evil behaviour. But now he has reconciled you by Christ’s physical body through death to present you holy in his sight, without blemish and free from accusation – if you continue in your faith, established and firm, and do not move from the hope held out in the gospel. This is the gospel that you heard and that has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become a servant. - Colossians 3 v 21-23
This is a description of who you were, and who you’ve become in Christ. How does that make you feel?
What difference would it make to you if you remembered and believed verse 21 — all day, every day this week — about the non-Christians around you?
According to this passage, what is the one thing we do this week?
The gospel reconciles us to God and makes us holy—and it keeps doing so. It’s amazing — all we need to do is hang onto it!
Based on an extract taken from Explore Daily Bible Reading Notes
