DAY 688 - Get on Your Spiritual Bicycle And Move forward (請按此處收聼廣東話Cantonese podcast click here)

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                               Today's Reading: Colossians 2:1-7

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Bible Study

     Paul begins chapter 2 drawing readers focus on Jesus. Jesus is the mystery of God and Jesus is the real treasure, nothing more and nothing less. 

Bishop N.T. Wright says ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N._T._Wright ) :
     In the present passage Paul tells them plainly what the treasure is; what dangers they will face as they try to make it their own… the theme all through is King Jesus, King Jesus, King Jesus. He is the secret plan; he is the treasure; he is the one 'in whom' they will be able to ward off danger;  he is the one 'in whom' they must find their way to the goal…
     In particular, they must go forward in the direction they've already begun.  Being a Christian is like riding a bicycle; unless you go forward, you'll fall off.  And going forward as a Christian means, once more, nothing more nor less than going forward 'in Christ', in the King.  You need, Paul says, to be rooted in Him, like a tree in good soil.  You need to be built up in Him, like a solid house going up brick by brick on firm foundations.  That's how you were taught, and that's how you must do it.  

N.T. Wright. Paul for Everyone:The Prison Letters. Louisville,KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 2004, p.162, 164.

     Are you going forward with Jesus, or are you nearly falling off because you are not moving forward? 
     

Let's have a time to be still and give the Holy Spirit space to speak through the passage we have just read. Offer this time up to Jesus as you listen to him, while listening to "Gabriel's Oboe":  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmax47l2hLU

Spiritual Journal

    The title I heard from Jesus today is: Get on Your spiritual bicycle and move forward

    The message I got from Jesus today is a vivid picture of how well we are riding our spiritual bicycle and where are we heading to. Bishop N.T. Wright gives us this picture today to understand this passage more. 

    The fact is, first we are being rooted in Jesus so that we know how to get on our spiritual bicycle. Second, we are being built up in Jesus so that we are able to move forward following Jesus who is besides us or in front of us leading us to his purpose and direction. 

    So, get on your spiritual bicycle and move forward following Jesus who is your Lord and King. 

Dear Lord Jesus,
Lead us to know how to get on our spiritual bicycle and have the courage to move forward following you as our Lord and King. In Jesus name we pray. Amen.

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