Colossians 4, Fellowship of Believers

 

Colossians 4, Fellowship of Believers

Paul is encouraging the Masters of the servants to do right by them. To treat them with respect. He reminded them that they also have a Master who is in heaven. They will someday stand before Christ someday as we all will. All God’s children will stand before Him someday. He goes on to tell them to watch and pray. What more can he do while he is in prison. We are not in prison, yet we don’t watch and pray as we ought to do. Too many times we wait until our situation presses in on us, then we pray hard and fast. We mustn’t wait until things get difficult. We should be vigilant in talking with God everyday and watching for His answers. Prayer and Thanksgiving should go hand in hand. We breathe in the prayer and exhale the thanksgiving. We should always be thankful to God because He always hears our prayers, and He will answer them. Paul asked the Colossians to pray for him. We can’t pray for him now, but we can pray for our preachers and other Christian ministers. Paul asked for open doors. He wanted to be released from prison. Every aspect of our ministry for Christ is an open door. What God opens, no one can shut. What God shuts, no one can open. Paul tells us to walk in wisdom. When opportunities arise before us, we need to pray for God to lead us. Going out on our own without God’s guidance is a foolish thing to do. We will end up stumbling about and lose our direction. Paul tells us to let our “speech be salt.” This means let our speech be covered with grace, we should be enthusiastic, not boring. We should be ready with an answer to anyone who asks. He ends the chapter by listing names of people Paul knew. They were men and women who walked down the roads, lived in Roman cities, and were under Roman rule. They were amid Paganism, but they were God’s children.

 

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