“I say this so that no one will delude you with persuasive argument. For even though I am absent in body, nevertheless I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your good discipline and the stability of your faith in Christ” (Colossians 2:4-5).
Are there those who will lead you astray? Most certainly. That is why we all must be on our guard and study to know what is right and fitting. There is a lot of garbage in the world. The simple truth is that we need to be saved by and through Christ. Be sure no one leads you away from this truth. Our life is in and through Christ alone. Works will never accomplish salvation.
Lord, help me to see that only when I know that I am in You does anything I do amount to anything. Even then, it is only a response that teaches me how to love as You love. Guide me, O Lord, and help me walk in Your salvation, learning from You how to love. Let me be disciplined as one who is a disciple. Show me, Lord, the way You know I need to go and help me to always follow that path.
Lord Jesus, You are, and must be, the author and finisher of my faith. Living in a world with myriad ideas, guide me in the Gospel way so that I would hold fast to the faith delivered once for all. Help me to know that only in You is there hope and a future. You will keep me in all my ways. Lead on, dear Savior, so that I would follow where You lead and know those things You teach me. Amen.
