Logos -- Colossians 1:1-4

Taking a break from the leadership series to turn to Logos -- Monday's look at a lectionary reading

I mentioned in an ealier post that I was delivering the sermon yesterday. I hope it went pretty well, but there are two things that I'm certain of -- first, that God was involved in the day and second, that I felt the joy of His presence.

Take a look at this passage from Colossians 3:1-4 (The Message):

So if you're serious about living this new resurrection life with Christ, act like it. Pursue the things over which Christ presides. Don't shuffle along, eyes to the ground, absorbed with the things right in front of you. Look up, and be alert to what is going on around Christ—that's where the action is. See things from his perspective.

Your old life is dead. Your new life, which is your real life—even though invisible to spectators—is with Christ in God. He is your life. When Christ (your real life, remember) shows up again on this earth, you'll show up, too—the real you, the glorious you. Meanwhile, be content with obscurity, like Christ.

I also like the phrase from the NRSV, "for you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God." (verse 3).

God was all throughout the service yesterday. He started working on it before I even knew that it was going to be a sermon -- before the idea ever came to us. I've seen him in so many different ways. I thank God for it. I have felt that I was "hidden in Christ." It feels like sinking ino a down pillow.