Day 64 – November 24, 2023: Colossians 1-4 and Psalms 63 and 143

Colossians contains words that are a guide to us in order to understand what we believe and what we think about Jesus. In other words, it is great theology. We find in Colossians we find the supremacy of Christ in 1:15-19. Read it again to understand why Jesus had to die on the cross. We are able to be presented before God on judgment day holy and blameless as a result of Jesus’ sacrifice. We find in 2:12 that in our baptism we were buried with him in his death, only to be resurrected once we have come out of the waters as new person. Jesus gives us life in his life, death on a cross, and resurrection so that we can, in our baptism, be transformed and renewed in Him.

We find in 3:12 a call to live a certain way. This is a great directive and a great check every morning and evening to remind ourselves of how we ought to live and then a check in the evening to see if we were able to live in this way. Finally Colossians 4:6 tell us to season our speech with salt so that we may know how to answer everyone.

The Psalms give us insight into how the people of God were able to escape in the day of trouble. God has always come to the rescue of the people of Israel, and all of His people. That will never change.