Wednesday Reading: Colossians 1:19-26
Key Verse: Colossians 1:21-22
21 And you, who were once alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now He has reconciled [22] in the body of His flesh through death, to present you holy and without blemish, and without charge in His sight,
Devotion:
Now and again Christ will take you on a journey through scripture that will make you stop your normal ways and think about what has gone in the past and ponder upon what will happen in the future. That journey may take you a few hours or it may take you several years, but you can be sure that it is through Christ alone that you will learn a whole lot more about your relationship with Him.
As we go through life we enter into relationships with others that will grow stronger and deeper and even some that will dwindle and all but perish; but each one is now a part of you that you can look back upon and find out more about yourself. Christ allows us to grow through our relationships and none more so than our relationship with Him. Over the past year I have been on a journey with Christ as He opens up my eyes to some of the things that I have been trying hard to bury and leave forgotten; these last few weeks being a time when I have faced up to things that have happened many years ago and gone over them with God’s Word.
If you want to know just how much you mean to God and how much He does continually contribute into your life, then you should start comparing your own life with God’s Word – it will open up your eyes to a whole new world! I can personally thank Him for the grace and mercy that He has shown me many years ago whilst I was not walking with Him in my life… At least that is how I saw it, but in reality He continued walking with me and carrying me when I stumbled and fell. He allowed me to walk a path that seemed to go against His Very Word, but one that has led me back to be firmly in His hands.
I am now learning to lift up my head knowing He strengthens me through His Word!
Points to Ponder:
Do you feel at the end of the path?
Have you asked God to guide you to a new path yet?