Bible Verse of the Day Wednesday February 7th, 2024

Colossians 2:6-7  So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him, rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were

Jesus is our Lord and Savior, as well as our center! He is the nucleus around which we revolve. Instead of adding Jesus to our list of priorities, God’s Word reminds us that he alone is Lord (Exodus 3:1-6; John 20:28; Titus 2:13). Rather than attempting to add to the truth of Jesus, we must ascertain and accept His gospel and place our faith and trust in Him with child-like faith, that must be nourished and grown through obedience and godliness (2 Peter 1:3-11, 3:18). As Jesus continues to be our central focus and our hearts remain thankful to God for his mercy and grace, our faith will be strengthened, our thankfulness grown, and He will transform us to be more like him each day by His Holy Spirit (2 Corinthians 3:18; Galatians 5:22)

The life-altering question that looms before us is, can we point to a time when we have accepted Christ Jesus into our hearts and souls as our Lord and Savior and surrendered our lives to him, heart, mind, body, soul, and spirit? We cannot be married and not remember our wedding day; it remains a part of who we are, as does the day of our salvation. There was a day that a preacher or some other officiant asked us, “Do you take this “man” or “woman” to be your lawfully wedded husband or wife? That is an experience that most people can recall with great love and joy. The same applies to our salvation experience, a moment in time most people have sealed in their memory banks. When someone asks, “Will you take this man Christ Jesus to be your Lord and Savior?” Your response was either “I do” or “I won’t.” If you say, “I do,” he will forgive you immediately of all sins, past, present, or future.

Christ Jesus is much more than just our Savior; He is the Lord of our lives, and we owe Him a debt that we can never repay. The beautiful aspect of this is that Jesus does not ask us for anything physical, His only request is that we surrender our lives to Him and spread the word of His love, grace, and mercy to this lost, dark, and dying world. If we continuously live   to the person and work of Jesus, the sovereign Lord will empower us to implement the Christian life.

When we read a letter from someone we love, we may experience some things in the letter, and in other parts of the communication, we may not. Some sections of the letter may state a simple truth. Other portions of the letter may encompass some emotion. When we read the Bible, we may feel something, and we may not. Feelings are not the issue of mature spirituality. When we read the Bible, we read communication from our heavenly Father. We welcome (“receive”) what he wants us to know.

The follower and believer in Christ Jesus grows one day at a time. Through our choices about the Word, the Word assimilates into our lifestyle. As we appropriate the provisions of God by faith, God’s Word takes hold of our soul.