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IF YE THEN BE RISEN WITH CHRIST
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9
Colossians 3:1-11

Colossians 3:1

 

“If ye then be risen with Christ,

seek those things which are above.”

 

IF YE THEN BE RISEN WITH CHRIST
 
If we are one with Christ in His death, we are also one with Him in His resurrection (Rom 6:4-5). And the evidence is that you will “seek those things which are above… set your affection on things above.”
 
(a) Keep on seeking “those things which are above, where Christ sitteth (is sitting) on the right hand of God.” It means to keep on seeking the Lord Himself and His face and His strength (Prov 8:17; Ps 105:4), His precepts/His Word (Ps 119:45; Acts 17:11; Col 3:16), His kingdom and His righteousness (Matt 6:33), His will and His glory (John 5:30,44), His grace and mercy (Heb 4:16), His spiritual blessings (Eph 1:3-14), wisdom from above (Prov 3:13; James 1:5; 3:17-18), godly virtues in Christ (Col 3:12‑14; 2 Pet 1:4-8), etc. Truly, when we keep on seeking the Lord diligently with faith, He is our Rewarder (Heb 11:6), as “they that seek the LORD understand all things” (Prov 28:5) and “shall not want any good thing” (Ps 34:10). What are we seeking for?
 
(b) Keep on setting your affection (mind) “on things above, not on things on the earth.” The unbelievers love this world and have a worldly mindset (1 John 2:15-16), but God’s children are not to do so. We are in the world but not of the world, nor are we to be conformed to this world (John 17:14-16; Rom 12:2). We are to live for the Lord and “do all in the name of the Lord Jesus…do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men” (Col 3:17,23), and “do all to the glory of God” (1 Cor 10:31). Are we living for the Lord and His glory?
 
God does not give us new life or eternal life as a separate gift from His Son, but “God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life” (1 John 5:11-12). It is not enough to seek after the Lord only in our daily devotion or on Sunday worship, but every moment. The life of a branch is hid in the Vine. Likewise, our new life, resurrected life, eternal life is “hid with Christ in God.”
 
THOUGHT: Evidence of new life: Seeking the Lord and living for Him.

PRAYER: Father, help me seek Thee and live for Thee and Thy glory.

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