We proclaim him, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone perfect in Christ. To this end I labor, struggling with all his energy, which so powerfully works in me. Colossians 1:28-29
I love the saying, “For God so loved the world that he didn’t send a committee.” The gospel is not a system, hierarchy, or set of regulations; it is the person and work of Jesus. Paul’s purpose was “to present everyone perfect in Christ.” And, he was willing to work and suffer to relay that message.
Paul used the term “struggling,” which occurs here and in the next verse (2:1), was used of athletes who painfully pursued athletic glory. Paul claimed, however, that his struggle was accompanied by God’s energy which energized him. We work hard, but Christ is at work in us; we are willing to suffer, but Christ gives us the strength and protection not to be burdened beyond what we, through His strength, can bear.
About Me
Isaiah 43:19-21
"See I am doing a new thing! Now it spings up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the desert and streams in the wasteland. The wild animals honor me, the jackals and the owls, because I provide water in the desert and streams in the wasteland, give drink to my people, my chosen, the people I formed for myself that they may proclaim my praise."