Colossians 2:6-7(NASB) Therefore as you have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, having been firmly rooted and now being built up in Him and established in your faith, just as you were instructed, and overflowing with gratitude.

It seems to me that when we first accept Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior, we take that about face and start striving to rework our lives all over again from square one and striving to put into place what is already there. We need to relax in Him and let Christ direct us in this new life we have, and allow the Spirit of God to have full control in the New Life we now possess. We have become New Creations in Him and as the scriptures states; “Therefore as you have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him”. That sounds simple when you say it, but you have to realize that now you have the power of the Spirit and the Leadership of the Comforter to direct you in this new found life. Let us go to the Word and get the directions we desperately need. Let us first look at who Christ is. God chose to dwell in Christ. And in Him we have been made complete.

Colossians 2:9-10(NASB)

9 For in Him all the fullness of Deity dwells in bodily form, 

10 and in Him you have been made complete, and He is the head over all rule and authority. 

Now we can start, because we have been made complete in Him, to start walking as we have received Him. And there is more to come. 

Colossians 2:11-14(NASB)

11and in Him you were also circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, in the removal of the body of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ; 

12having been buried with Him in baptism, in which you were also raised up with Him through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead. 

13When you were dead in your transgressions and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He made you alive together with Him, having forgiven us all our transgressions, 

14having canceled out the certificate of debt consisting of decrees against us, which was hostile to us; and He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross.  

When Christ was on the cross He made the statement,” it is finished”, it was complete and He left nothing undone. Now we can start to understand to walk in Him as we received Him, and yet there is more. 

In verse 7,” having been firmly rooted and now being built up in Him and established in your faith”

 we are starting to understand. In Ephesians 3: 14-21; we continue to see how Our Heavenly Father has grounded and rooted us in His Love through Christ.

Ephesians 3:14-21(NASB)

14For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, 

15from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name, 

16that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power through His Spirit in the inner man, 

17so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; and that you, being rooted and grounded in love, 

18may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, 

19and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled up to all the fullness of God.

20Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us, 

21to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen.

In Ephesians 4:1-3; and in vs.7 Paul consummates this walk as we are called in Christ. 

Ephesians 4:1-3(NASB)

1Therefore I, the prisoner of the Lord,

 implore you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you have been called, 

2with all humility and gentleness,

with patience, showing tolerance for one another in love, 

3being diligent to preserve the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. 

Paul reminds us that God has given to us, with all the gifts He has endowed us to serve Him, in this walk with which we have been called; that He has given us the Grace to carry out our service as we praise Him. 

 7But to each one of us grace was given according to the measure of Christ’s gift. 

We can by Gods’ grace walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you have been called. Please read; Ephesians 4: 20-24 and Colossians 1:9-23. God has given us His Word to establish and give us all that we need to serve Him and He will bless us with His Grace as we walk in His Will. 

As Always Until He Calls Us Home,

IN HIS GRIP

Chuck Howi