Do you hold on to what you are taught? Do make every effort to listen, digest the teaching, and discern its meaning? Do you attempt to apply the good things you have learned to your life? Are you thankful you have learned the lessons you have been taught?
Learning and applying what we have been taught can be very beneficial to us. It can help us perform our jobs better. It can help us pass tests for certifications. Applying lessons we have learned through experience can improve our lives and change them dramatically.
The Apostle Paul tells the church in Colossae to continue to follow the teaching they received. They were to continue to walk in Jesus. They were to be rooted in Him. Paul uses the analogy of a tree or crop whose roots grow into fertile soil to obtain the nutrients needed for it grow. As they grew, their faith would not only be established but would grow as well.
As the Colossian followers grew in their faith, they were to be thankful. Paul tells them not to merely give God thanks on occasion but to abound in thanksgiving. They were to be thankful every day. They were to realize that it is God who blesses them with everything they have, not the least of which is the very breath they breathe.
We, too, should follow this advice from Paul. We should learn the lessons we have been taught about Jesus. We should dig into those lessons, discern how they apply to our lives, and grow in our faith. And in all of that, we should thank God for every blessing, from the smallest to the largest. For God blesses in ways we often do not recognize.
I pray we all learn more about Jesus. I pray we apply what we learn about Him to our lives. I pray each one of us is thankful for God’s many blessings and grow in our faith. Learn more about Jesus. Apply lessons to your life. Grow in your faith. Be thankful for God’s blessings.
Colossians 2:6-7 As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, continue to walk in him, rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.
Marty Pressey 