Scripture

This same Good News that came to you is going out all over the world. It is bearing fruit everywhere by changing lives, just as it changed your lives for the day you first heard and understood the truth about God’s wonderful grace.

Observation

Paul and Timothy are writing to the believers, the saints, of Colossae.

They always pray for the church there and give thanks for them. The Colossians are legends of faith and love.

The Good News that transformed the people of Colossae is now going all over the world, bearing fruit everywhere in the form of changed lives.

Application

Sometimes it is hard to see the big picture of what God is doing worldwide. We see our own little bubble, our own neighbourhood, and we think that is all there is.

Just as in Paul’s day, the Good News is continuing to transform people all around the world. It is happening in the cities and in remote rural areas, in every continent and every country.

People are being saved by Jesus everyday.

It is like a huge army that is intent on world domination spreading through every nation. Unlike a normal army, they bring new life rather than death.

In Africa, whole nations coming to the Lord. in some communities in the USA, crime rates are plummeting and decaying neighbourhoods are being renewed by business investment as a result of prayer and people being saved.

Nobody can stop the gospel because it is God’s plan of salvation for all people.

Prayer

Thank you Father for the gospel that transforms lives. Give me boldness in talking to people about the Good News. Amen