(Blog series: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3)
“…since you have taken off your old self with its practices and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in the image of its Creator.”-Colossians 3:9-10
I love this. I want to think of my old self as a ugly coat. God comes up to me and gives me this beautiful white coat, in which He crafted. So I take the ugly coat off and I put on the beautiful one on; The one which has been made new in His image. Who wants to wear the ugly coat? Not me, that’s for sure. We have been remade. We should embrace it.
“Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.”-v.12
Now what are we supposed to clothe ourselves with? This verse isn’t saying we should wear the latest fashion, the coolest jeans, or the fabulous hair. We should clothes ourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, & patience. Since we have been remade, it’s easier to wear these things. We have been made new in the image of Christ. The image of Christ IS these things.
“Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful.”-v.15
Since we are in the body of Christ, we have been called to live a life of peace. It’s difficult, I get it. But if we desire to live peaceful lives, it will happen. We have HOPE in our lives. We have CHRIST. That should give us the greatest peace! We have no need to worry about the world and it’s problem. Christ is our problem solver.
“Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, as you sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.”-v.16
We should want the Word of Christ to dwell in us. We should be a sponge and soak up His Word like never before. If we want lives that proclaim peace, hope, love, joy, etc. we NEED the Word of God to fill us up. Think about this: Say we are a car. The Word of God is the gasoline. If we aren’t filling our tank, how are we even going to get anywhere? It will make things so much more difficult if we aren’t filling our tank up. How will the world know that we have Christ if our lives aren’t saturated in Him?



