Today’s devotion comes from Colossians 3:17.
“Whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through Him to God the Father.” Colossians 3:17.
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Christians represent Christ. Christians are ambassadors for Christ. How can we best represent Christ and be such an ambassador for Christ?
The context to today’s Scripture provides one answer. The immediately preceding verse states: “Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you, with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God.” Colossians 3:16.
If the word of Christ richly dwells within us, then thereby, we will know Christ better. If our image of Christ is like the famous painting of a long-haired thin Christ with hands in contemplative prayer, then we may try to look like and be like the Christ in that painting. If our image of Christ is “Christ the King” mounted on a white horse, then we may try to look like and be like that image. Our deeds and words will be greatly affected by the extent of our knowledge of Christ. “For this reason I too, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which exists among you and your love for all the saints, do not cease giving thanks for you, while making mention of you in my prayers; that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of Him.” Ephesians 1:15-17.
If the word of Christ richly dwells within us, then thereby, we will better know Christ’s Will. “For this reason also, since the day we heard of it, we have not ceased to pray for you and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, so that you will walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, to please Him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God;” Colossians 1:9-10.
If the word of Christ richly dwells within us, then thereby, we will better be empowered to do in deed and in word Christ’s Will. “A wise man is strong, And a man of knowledge increases power.” Proverbs 24:5 “Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord; seeing that His divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness, through the true knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence. For by these He has granted to us His precious and magnificent promises, so that by them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world by lust.” 2 Peter 1:2-4.
“Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making an appeal through us; we beg you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.” 2 Corinthians 5:20
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