Be Still And Know

Colossians 1:3-4 'We always pray for you, and we give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. For we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and your love for all of God’s people.' We have no reason to believe that Paul and Timothy had ever visited the church in Colossae. It was a relatively minor town in what we now know as Turkey, and there is no reference in the book of Acts to them paying a visit. However, although they hadn’t met the Colossians, Paul and Timothy had heard all about them and kept them constantly in their prayers. The key facts that they knew about the Colossian Christians included their strong faith in Jesus and their love for other Christians. This is the calling of every follower of Christ, because loving him immediately brings us into relationship with other Christians. When we start following Christ we are, unfortunately, not cured of our natural self-centredness. It is, unfortunately, totally possible for Christians to be extremely self-centred in their discipleship.