Give It All To You

Read Colossians 3:1-25

Something I've always enjoyed since becoming a follower of Jesus is Christian music. Primarily I enjoy worship music with a contemporary flair to it. Give It All To You is a new single by a group called Yellow Cavalier. As I was thinking the other day of this title it hit me that whatever I'm facing God wants me to give it all to Him.

Colossians 3 is so full of challenges that tell us the Christian life is all about giving it all to God. Our hearts and our minds are to be set on things above, not on earthly things. Paul gives this picture of Christ being seated at the right hand of God and if we don't understand the importance of this image we can miss the power of his challenge. When Christ is seated at the right hand of God we must realize this is showing He was finished accomplishing His purpose on earth; seeing Him seated at the right hand of God shows His victory over death, His victory in securing that He gave everything He had so that we could have a right relationship with God the Father! Jesus seated at God's right hand could rightly say for all eternity I give it all to you.

Friends, Paul goes on and says because Jesus is victoriously seated in heaven with God we now must commit our new lives in Him by ridding ourselves of our old lives. Put to death he says all the things that are out of character for anyone claiming Christ is the leader of their life. And put on or "clothe yourselves" with the character of Christ (vv. 12-14), let the peace of Christ rule your lives as you allow the word of Christ to guide your words and deeds (vv. 15-17).

I love how he wraps this chapter up with probably one of my favorite verses in all of Scripture -
²³Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men, ²⁴since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.

Let's be able to say to God with our lives - Father God I GIVE IT ALL TO YOU!!