Colossians 2

 Hi There, My Friends.  I seem to be moving away from Isaiah and on to other things for now.  Perhaps I'll move back, but Paul seems to be calling my name.  Today I have been reading Colossians 1 & 2.  

In Chapter 1, Paul tells us, "He has rescued us from the domain of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of the Son he loves."  I marvel at this.  In Isaiah, God speaks about a vineyard and how He worked hard and did all that was required to make that vineyard grow beautiful, luscious grapes.  But it didn't.  He asks what more He could have done.  Then He says there was nothing.  So He decided He would basically bulldoze the vineyard and get rid of it.  That vineyard was Israel.  His beloved.  He did bulldoze it and sent it away.  

But He didn't ever give up on it...not really.  Because 700 years later He sent His one and only son "making peace through His blood, shed on the cross." Colossians 1:20

Don't you find His love and kindness so AMAZING??  We can say, "Even Though..., He loves us."  Even though we so grievously hurt His heart, He stands and waits for us to knock on the door so He can let us in because He loves us.

Paul writes:  "For I want you to know how greatly I am struggling for you, for those in Laodicea, and for all who have not seen me in person.  I want their hearts to be encouraged and joined together in love, so that they may have all the riches of complete understanding and have the knowledge of God's mystery--Christ.  In Him are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge."  Colossians 2:1-3

I think this is why I keep moving more and more to Paul.  He wrote this letter from prison.  He was experiencing great suffering, but he still found his peace and joy in Christ.  He never shifted his eyes away from the Savior.  May we all have that strength in the coming days.  As the days grow darker, remember:

"He has rescued us from the domain of darkness and transferred us into (light) the kingdom of the Son he loves."  Keep your eyes on Jesus...the light and the truth.  In Him we can get through anything...can't we?

In Search of Christ,

Terrie