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Day by Day Devotional - Year 5 of 5
Colossians 2:6-19
To be occupied with the glories of the Lord Jesus is the way to be built up and rooted in Him (v. 7). The roots of a tree provide both for its nourishment and stability (Proverbs 12:3). If the Christian is not grounded in the faith (Colossians 1:23), he risks being carried about "with every wind of doctrine" (Ephesians 4:14; cf. Matthew 13:21). It was just those dangerous winds which were blowing at Colosse: philosophy (v. 8), tradition (note this!), the worship of angels (v. 18), religious ordinances (v. 22) . . . all those things which v. 8 calls vain deceits. With no less imagination, doctrines and theses are thought up and multiplied today. Let us beware of listening to any teaching which is outside the Word of God. The Enemy of our souls would seek, through the agents he employs, to seduce us (v. 4), to make us his prey (v. 8 JND trans.), to spoil us, to deprive us of our reward in the fight (v. 18). But the great fight has been fought and won by Another. The cross, where Satan had thought for a moment to triumph, has resulted in his complete and public defeat (v. 15); he has himself been spoiled of his armour and his goods (read Luke 11:21-22). Let us not allow ourselves to be robbed, or rather not allow the Lord to be robbed of what belongs to Him, whatever it may be.
