Devotion:
Read Colossians 3:12-17.
When you are packing to go on a trip, what you pack depends on where you are going and what you are going to be doing. Is this a business trip? Is it a vacation? Are you going to the beach or to the mountains? Camping or golfing (or both)? What time of year is it and what is the expected temperature?
This passage from the letter to the Colossians is packed with what to pack for your journey of faith. Notice the expectation that you will be traveling with others on this journey. It is not intended to be done alone. As you relate to them, it is so important to wear these “spiritual clothes”: compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, patience, forgiveness, peace, gratitude and most of all, love. Study and know the Scriptures together; worship together.
The final verse of this passage is one of those that would fit well in the book from the Old Testament we looked at yesterday, Proverbs: “And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.” Amen.
Personal Worship Option:
Just like putting on different clothes each day, try having a verse of Scripture or Bible story that relates to each of these “spiritual clothes”, one of which you read each day. As you begin each day, put on both your physical and spiritual clothes. Then go be the people of Christ!
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