Last Sunday at church after Rowan lead us into communion, I read what Paul wrote to his Christian brothers in Colosse – check out Colossians 1. 
Paul thanked God for the faith that these guys had in Christ and for their love for all the saints. He wrote of the impact of the gospel, of the hope it had given them, of the fruit and the growth that was happening as people heard and understood God’s message of salvation – the Good News. And he wrote of the impact of a man – Epaphras. A “faithful minister of Christ”, this guy lived in Colosse and made the gospel, the good news known to the other guys there. The people around him.
Paul prays that they would be filled and grow in their knowledge of God so that they would live a life of worship – a “walk worthy of the Lord”. Who did they hear the gospel from? Epaphras.
Who will they look to to help them grow? Probably Epaphras.
The questions I asked myself on Sunday morning after reading those scriptures:
Am I growing in my understanding of God?
Am I meeting with others and helping them grow in their understanding of God?
Epaphras was available and used by God to accomplish His will in the lives of the men around him.
Ask yourself the same questions.
Know Christ and make Him known.
Live in the way of truth. Live in His power. Live for His purpose
How do you seek after God? Often we are encouraged with phrases like “press in to God”, but what does this mean?
originally published as an article on www.thelakes.org.au
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