A Faithful Minister Of
Christ
We
always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you,
because we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love you have
for all God’s people— the faith and love that spring from the hope stored up
for you in heaven and about which you have already heard in the true message of
the gospel that has come to you. In the same way, the gospel is bearing fruit
and growing throughout the whole world—just as it has been doing among you
since the day you heard it and truly understood God’s grace. You learned it
from Epaphras, our dear fellow servant, who is a
faithful minister of Christ on our behalf, and who also told us of your love in
the Spirit.
For this reason,
since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you. We
continually ask God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all the
wisdom and understanding that the Spirit gives, so that you may live a life
worthy of the Lord and please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good
work, growing in the knowledge of God, being strengthened with all power
according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and
patience, and giving joyful thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to
share in the inheritance of his holy people in the kingdom of light. For he has
rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the
Son he loves, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
The
Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For in
him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and
invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have
been created through him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all
things hold together. And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the
beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might
have the supremacy.
Colossians 1:3-18
How
would you feel if you had to be rescued from a tornado, or a flood, or an
earthquake? Joy above all else, and thankfulness that you were saved. It is the
same with Christ. He does save us from sin. He gives us a guarantee of spending
eternity with Him. Visualize what God has done for you, because He sent His Son
to save you.
Those
who have been rescued from sin are best able to help in the rescue of others.
With what God has done in your own life, be a strong
witness, be a faithful minister.
Our Daily Bread –