WORD from the woods
Sorry I’m a day late getting this out this week. I’ve been down and out for a few days. Here is a devotional on one of my favorite passages about our Lord and Savior from our past study through Colossians.
Colossians 3:1-17
“If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory. Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. On account of these the wrath of God is coming. In these you too once walked, when you were living in them. But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth. Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self with its practices and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator. Here there is not Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, free; but Christ is all, and in all. Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God. And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him."
There really isn't much more to say about Paul's words in this passage, he really lays it out clearly. This is what living the Christian life is all about, and it's exactly what Fellowship of Christian Loggers is all about. My core desire for this ministry is that the folks in the timber industry would see Jesus Christ in my life and in the lives of those who are involved in FCL. I want people to see Christ in me every day and in every area of my life, not just for an hour or two on Sunday morning. I am so weak and continue to struggle with sin every day of my life, but as I grow and mature in Christ I hope that the world will see less of me and more of Him! If we are truly saved, if Christ has indeed died for us, if we have really been raised as a new creation in Him, then we must seek the things of The Lord. We must, by His strength, put to death our old ways and put on a new self. And whatever we do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus! Even as we go out into the woods, we can do what we do in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and we can be a living testimony as we go about our daily lives. This is my passion for FCL, that our industry will see Christ so clearly in our lives that they will hunger and thirst for what Christ has done in us!
God bless and have a great week! -Terry-
Sorry I’m a day late getting this out this week. I’ve been down and out for a few days. Here is a devotional on one of my favorite passages about our Lord and Savior from our past study through Colossians.
Colossians 3:1-17
“If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory. Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. On account of these the wrath of God is coming. In these you too once walked, when you were living in them. But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth. Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self with its practices and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator. Here there is not Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, free; but Christ is all, and in all. Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God. And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him."
There really isn't much more to say about Paul's words in this passage, he really lays it out clearly. This is what living the Christian life is all about, and it's exactly what Fellowship of Christian Loggers is all about. My core desire for this ministry is that the folks in the timber industry would see Jesus Christ in my life and in the lives of those who are involved in FCL. I want people to see Christ in me every day and in every area of my life, not just for an hour or two on Sunday morning. I am so weak and continue to struggle with sin every day of my life, but as I grow and mature in Christ I hope that the world will see less of me and more of Him! If we are truly saved, if Christ has indeed died for us, if we have really been raised as a new creation in Him, then we must seek the things of The Lord. We must, by His strength, put to death our old ways and put on a new self. And whatever we do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus! Even as we go out into the woods, we can do what we do in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and we can be a living testimony as we go about our daily lives. This is my passion for FCL, that our industry will see Christ so clearly in our lives that they will hunger and thirst for what Christ has done in us!
God bless and have a great week! -Terry-