Contemplative Bible Reading

Colossians 1:6 (New Living Translation)

6 This same Good News that came to you is going out all over the world. It is bearing fruit everywhere by changing lives, just as it changed your lives from the day you first heard and understood the truth about God’s wonderful grace.

Paul is writing to Christians in Colosse. Paul describes what happens when people hear the Good News or the Gospel. It “bears fruit” everywhere. How? The Good News is changing lives. It changed the lives of the people in Colosse and it is doing the same everywhere.

How does this news change lives? Well folks, back to basics. The good news is that we are free from the bondage of sin and death. God’s grace is a gift—not earned by super-human efforts. Just receive the gift with humility and thanksgiving.

Yes, back to basics. Let’s live changed lives. Let’s live like we understand the good news. Please God, help me in my unbelief.