April 6--Colossians

Colossians 1:21-23
Once you were alienated from God and were enemies in your minds because of your evil behavior. But now He has reconciled you by Christ’s physical body through death to present you holy in His sight, without blemish and free from accusation—if you continue in your faith, established and firm, not moved from the hope held out in the gospel. This is the gospel that you heard and that has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become a servant.

We were God’s enemies in our minds… sin isn’t just stuff that we do or say, it’s very mental too. What things am I doing with my mind that are separating me from God? If our mind can become a separating factor in our relationship with God, how careful should we be of the things that we put into it, and on the things we do with it?
Thanks to God’s sacrifice, we are holy before God’s judgment—IF—we walk in faith, grow in faith, and do not give up hope in God’s grace, the promised forgiveness, and the love of the Savior.

A while back, one of my friends and I were having a God-talk down in the laundry room of Lowell Hall. Thoughts were one of the things that came up, and they pretended to pick up that part of my mind and throw it into one of the washers to be cleaned up. It’s a reminder to clean up my thoughts, and this passage reminds me that thoughts can really bar me from God. The other thing is to remember to walk in faith and to not give up hope.