Abounding in Thanksgiving

Today in staff meeting we were up to Colossians 2:6-15 in our devotions... and it was a great time in God's word with the staff team and in prayer.

Warwick stated that it was a purple passage (rich and powerful) so we didn't get that far through all the verses and focused just on verses 6 & 7:

Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord,

so walk in him, rooted and built up in him and established in the faith,

just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.

Things that I found particularly of interest was:

• WALK IN HIM: what is this? What is it to walk... Obedience? Closeness to God? Is the latter a misuse of this term? I was think more in line with obedience - and this is where I began to think about verses that speak of walk and that is more than often associated with the 'way' of the Lord, or path etc... Which backs up the notion of obedience and also the fact that Christ Jesus in this passage is the Lord - who we must submit to and obey!
  
  
• ABOUNDING IN THANKSGIVING: are you someone marked with thanksgiving? How can we be people who are? Individually and corporately? We then spent much time sharing things we are thankful for and for me:
  
  > Opportunity to be serving at Matthias - it was hard to leave CBTB last year and I am thankful to God for opening the opportunity to do MTS here and the joy I have in the variety and diversity of contexts to share Jesus.
  
  > Colours - for God of creation who has created so much beauty and the brightness, fun, excitement, vibrancy and joy that comes with appreciation of colour.
  
  > Hannah & Nicolette - for their great friendships and sisterhood in Christ. Hannah is a great encourager in my life as we read the bible week by week, share in each others lives and pray together. Nicolette has been a great friend to me this year. I am very thankful for her. She is a joy to serve with in Drama and ISCF. PRAISE BE TO GOD for the Saints at Matthias!