Day 21 | You Have the Goods! – "Who I Am In Christ" Firm Foundation 21-Day Devotional
Colossians 3:1, If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. 2 Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth. 3 For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. 4 When Christ who is our life appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory.
Jesus resurrection is the greatest event of human history. His resurrection verified and ratified everything God promised to humanity after the fall of Adam. His resurrection also proved that Christ's work was “efficacious,” meaning that He was effective and successful in producing a desired or intended result.
This was the backdrop to Paul writing, “If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above.” Everything God requires of you, He provides. Your can live in a “resurrected state” where you are designed to live free from the effects of death, sin, and defeat. Certainly, the challenges we all face are significant, but Paul's response was, “Set your mind on things above.”
You have the “goods!” You only need to use what you have in Christ. Paul gives another perspective when he wrote, “For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.”(Colossians 3:3)
New Living Translation makes it clearer: “For you died to this life, and your real life is hidden with Christ in God.“
The final and most glorious truth from this text is this: We will personally appear with Jesus, face-to-face, when He returns! We've not been “having church” in this life, we've been enjoying a relationship with God through Christ that culminates in heaven!
Reflection Questions:
1. How do you "seek those things which are above?"
2. Why is Jesus' resurrection so powerful?
3. What did it mean when Paul wrote, "For you died?"
Action Items:
Jesus resurrection is the greatest event of human history. His resurrection verified and ratified everything God promised to humanity after the fall of Adam. His resurrection also proved that Christ's work was “efficacious,” meaning that He was effective and successful in producing a desired or intended result.
This was the backdrop to Paul writing, “If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above.” Everything God requires of you, He provides. Your can live in a “resurrected state” where you are designed to live free from the effects of death, sin, and defeat. Certainly, the challenges we all face are significant, but Paul's response was, “Set your mind on things above.”
You have the “goods!” You only need to use what you have in Christ. Paul gives another perspective when he wrote, “For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.”(Colossians 3:3)
New Living Translation makes it clearer: “For you died to this life, and your real life is hidden with Christ in God.“
The final and most glorious truth from this text is this: We will personally appear with Jesus, face-to-face, when He returns! We've not been “having church” in this life, we've been enjoying a relationship with God through Christ that culminates in heaven!
Reflection Questions:
1. How do you "seek those things which are above?"
2. Why is Jesus' resurrection so powerful?
3. What did it mean when Paul wrote, "For you died?"
Action Items:
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