Disarm Yourself!

To My Daughters in Him,

I have been reading and studying Colossians 2 for several days using the BLB Concordance/Interlinear and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge and have only reached verse 13!  I have, however, become aware of what the true import and heart of Paul's concern for the Colossian Church was.  He did not want them to be led astray or taken captive from the truth of the Gospel of Jesus Christ...from the truth of the word of their God as revealed to them in Scripture.  My heart last night  needed to be despoiled and disarmed of "self".  My own self was taking me captive and leading me down wrong paths...umm...no surprise there.  I was reminded by my study of Colossians 2 that in Christ are all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge and that in Him dwells all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.  It also tells me that I am complete in Him.  How did I then disarm my self of self?  I meditated on His word instead of my own vain thoughts.  I focused upward and outward not inward and meditated on Psalm 1...namely verses 1-3.

Blessed is the man
Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly,
Nor stands in the path of sinners,
Nor sits in the seat of the scornful;
But his delight is in the law of the Lord,
And in His law he meditates day and night.
He shall be like a tree
Planted by the rivers of water,
That brings forth its fruit in its season,
Whose leaf also shall not wither;
And whatever he does shall prosper.

Happy is the man who does these things!...Happy is the man who delights in the word of His God and makes it his meditation both day and night.  His pleasure, his desire, his longing is in the direction and instruction of His God and on that...His word...does he think, muse mutter and murmur day and night.  This is how we make our way prosperous and have good success...this is how we bear fruit and do not labor or live in vain.  

Unless the law had been my delight, I should have perished in my affliction.--Psalm 119:92

Beloved, don't let anyone or anything lead you away from Christ and the truth of the Gospel. Fill your heart...the very center and seat of not only your physical life but your spiritual one as well...with His word. Out of your heart springs the issues of life.  Out of the abundance of your heart your mouth speaks.  As a man thinks in his heart so is he.   Let His word be your delight.  Abide in it.  Meditate on it.  It is His truth that will enable you to walk in liberty.  It is His truth that will break the bars of iron and make the crooked places straight in your life.  

And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance forever.--Isaiah 32:17