Building On Your Faith Foundation

As you have, therefore, received Christ Jesus the Lord,
even so use this as the basis for daily walking with Him.
After all, you have been rooted in Him, and you are now being
built up in Him and established in the faith.
Colossians 2:6-7

Once you started walking with Jesus, you were changed once and eternally for all and for your good. You remember receiving Him? Don't you?  Now, I am not saying you remember the exact day and hour you started following Him anymore than you remember the day you were born.  There is a lot about your spiritual journey, dear Christ Follower,  about which you are not -- and maybe even cannot  -- be aware; however,  I do hope you do have an experience of knowing Jesus as being a vital part of your life. And the actual memory of the event, of when you first met Him, may or may not even predate your earliest memories. Still you are hopefully walking in relationship with Him.

Now you are older, I am sure that the Lord wants you to keep walking and keep growing. It's not a matter of you having received the Lord and that is all there is; for example, in Colossians 1:21-23, we are told that you use to be alienated even in your own mind from God. But something happened after Jesus redemptive work. Now, God reconciles you and me by Christ physical body through death. And He did this to present you and me holy in His sight, without blemish and free from ALL accusation. Then God adds, "If you continue in the faith not moved from the hope held out in the Gospel." Being born from above (or born again) is important; additionally, however, God wishes for you and me to keep on keeping on stepping out in the faith as we daily renew our relationship and walk with Him, and we do this much as we do any other healthy relationships.

Consequently,  we put down roots in the soil of eternity through the Word of God, Prayer, Fellowship and Witness, as we realize who we are IN Christ and Christ IN us.  Continuing to walk in this way establishes us spiritually, emotionally, relationally, even financially and physically. Walking in Christ, based on His bringing us into relationship with Him, gives us the strongest foundation possible for living and being fully alive.

SoJourner

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