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The New Divide

Ok, now that Christmas is over, we can move on from birth stories and manger scenes, right? Maybe. While we may talk less about baby Jesus we won’t (or shouldn’t) stop talking about Jesus. As annoying as the phrase ‘Reason for the Season’ may be, the simple truth is that Jesus is the Reason for…well…everything!

When the Apostle Paul wrote to the Colossian Church, he began by telling them how thankful he was for their faith in Jesus. He tells them how this good news is “all over the world” and is “bearing fruit and growing.”

Then Paul tells these Colossians how he is praying that God would fill them “with the knowledge of His will through all spiritual wisdom and understanding.” But this not just knowledge for the sake of having knowledge. This knowledge’s purpose is so they “may live a life worthy of the Lord and may please Him in every way.” This is our faith becoming action.

This knowledge is to be shared. It is to be lived. Knowing Jesus is not like checking an item off of our to-do list. “For He has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son He loves.” There was our life before. Now there is our new life.

Jesus is the New Divide! You can decide which side to be on, but it would seem a waste of what God did to walk right back into a darkness that He already saved us from. Maybe that's just me.

Question for today; Do you tend to compartmentalize the Christmas stories? Or will you remember Jesus as baby stories all year long?
 
* All of these quotes can be found in the first 14 verses of Colossians.
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