DON’T DRIFT AWAY!

Colossians 1:19-20 NLT 

For God in all his fullness was pleased to live in Christ, 

and through him God reconciled everything to himself. 

He made peace with everything in heaven and on earth 

by means of Christ’s blood on the cross.

We heard the angels declare ‘Peace on earth, goodwill towards men’ on the night Jesus was born, and 33 years later Jesus fulfilled God’s promise on the Cross when He made peace with God possible for everyone who believes in Him.

What an assignment He had been given and how wonderfully He fulfilled it for us all.😊 Paul goes on and says…

v.21-23 This includes you who were once far away from God. You were his enemies, separated from him by your evil thoughts and actions. Yet now he has reconciled you to himself through the death of Christ in his physical body. As a result, he has brought you into his own presence, and you are holy and blameless as you stand before him without a single fault. But you must continue to believe this truth and stand firmly in it. Don’t drift away from the assurance you received when you heard the Good News.

Did you get that? Don’t drift away! We can grow luke warm if we’re not careful, so this is a nudge to us all to keep our eyes fixed on Jesus and remember He has given us peace with His Father and we can come to Him any time, His door is open. 

Did you notice it says God has brought us into His own presence. What an honour and a privilege that is, but I wonder if we take it for granted sometimes? Just stop for a minute and think about whose presence we are in - the One who made everything, and He made it out of nothing that could be seen! (Hebrews 11:3) So if you can’t ‘see’ a way forward, be encouraged because God is making one for you.😊

We can come and praise Him for His great mercy and unfailing love for us all today. He is so worthy of all our praise. In Jesus name. Amen.

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