roots

Now, more words from the apostle, Paul, when he wrote the young Christians in Colossae...

Colossians 2:
6 And now, just as you accepted Christ Jesus as your Lord, you must continue to follow him.

7 Let your roots grow down into him,

     and let your lives be built on him.

Then your faith will grow strong in the truth you were taught,

     and you will overflow with thankfulness.


  8 Don't let anyone capture you with empty philosophies and high-sounding nonsense that come from human thinking and from the spiritual powers of this world, rather than from Christ.

9 For in Christ lives all the fullness of God in a human body.

10 So you also are complete through your union with Christ,

        who is the head over every ruler and authority.



"Let your roots grow down into Him..."

What does that mean?

Well, if we want to sink our roots into someone, what do we do?

We spend time with them.

We listen to what they say.

We ask them questions.

We watch their behavior.

We increase our trust in that person as we incrementally get to know them.

We have a realistic view of them.

We open ourselves up to them, become vulnerable with them, & become intimate with them, letting them see us as we are.


Hmmmmmmmmmmmm...