Walk In Him

Colossians 2:6-10 NASB 

(6) Therefore as you have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, 

(7)  having been firmly rooted and now being built up in Him and established in your faith, just as you were instructed, and overflowing with gratitude. 

(8)  See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, according to the tradition of men, according to the elementary principles of the world, rather than according to Christ. 

(9)  For in Him all the fullness of Deity dwells in bodily form, 

(10)  and in Him you have been made complete, and He is the head over all rule and authority;

Christ makes us complete and secure against false teachings.  Paul tells us to be firmly rooted. Our faith is based in Jesus Christ.  Both our foundation and outward expression of faith are to be rooted in Jesus so we may be able to with stand the attacks of the devil.  In the last month my area has experienced tornados that have ripped through our neighborhoods.  I have seen the devastation of homes and businesses along with the destruction of huge stands of forests.  Trees well over 100 years old up rooted and lying on the ground.

Years ago I worked with a guy that had a degree in forestry as well as years of experience.  I once asked him how much ground do you need to dig up to move a tree or to another location.  He told me that you needed to take as much area as the limbs shaded.  Verse 7 tells us we must be firmly rooted.  Does our roots cover as much area as we are claiming on the surface?  In other words are we grounded in the biblical truths of the risen savior? 

We must always guard against philosophies and those who would deceive us using traditions.  Traditions can creep into our beliefs and practices without us being aware.  For example a man said his wife always cuts the pointed end off of the ham before she bakes it.  He asked why she did that and she said that is how mom did it.  He then asked mom why she did it and she said that is how granny did.  He called up granny and asked her why she cut the end off of the ham before she baked it and she said that she did it so it would fit into the pot.  See the wife and the mother had no idea why they were cutting the end off of the ham.  It was just a tradition that had crept in and was believed to be the correct way to bake a ham.

When we make sure we measure everything through the lens of the bible.  We can be assured that we walk in Him and have been made complete.