Colossians 3:1-5 (NIV)
Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory. Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry…[instead] put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator.
The Lord is worthy. Everything the Lord is, says, and does is worthy. Therefore, when we follow him, and we are in whole life agreement with him, we also live worthy of him.
This whole life agreement is what we witness and experience during moments of baptism and membership. The agreement is in saying yes to following the Lord, serving the Lord, and belonging to the Lord as his church. When our lives are in this biblical flow, and we have that life agreement with the Lord, it leads us to living worthily and doing things that are worthy of God.
Today, may we come in whole life agreement with the Lord again. May we surrender the tendency of just giving half of our lives—half commitment, half surrender, half worship, half anything.
Prayer: Lord we confess our tendency of giving just half of our lives. Today, may we know the freedom and the joy of giving the whole of our lives, in whole agreement with you. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
Let’s worship to the song “Hymn of Surrender” by Matt Redman (click here).
-GK
