Dig Deep

If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. For you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory. Colossians 3:1-4

One of the purposes for starting this blog was to provide myself with accountability. Accountability to stay in God’s word consistently.  I love the word of God, I love studying his word, but I found myself in the busyness of life getting distracted and in need of some extra accountability. 

There is nothing more important than seeking Christ. The bible says “you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you.  You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart.  I will be found by you, declares the Lord…” Jeremiah 29-12-14 (ESV)

Have you ever heard someone say “Let’s dig into the word of God” or “let’s dig deeper”? I love that mental picture of digging into God’s holy word. The study of God’s word is what makes our roots grow deeper and deeper. The deeper our roots, the firmer we stand in the Lord. If we don’t toil and dig our roots remain shallow. We must be established in the word of God so that the elementary principles of the world do not sway us. We have to put on our overalls, grab our shovels, and start digging into God's word. We will sweat and our backs will ache, but oh, the reward will be so great!

“Therefore as you have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, 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. 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.” Colossians 2:6-8(ESV)

We focus too much on what’s above the ground. God desires for us to put to death what is earthly IN us. (Colossians 3:5) We have to dig. We can’t stay on top, above ground, surface level. We have to look past today and into eternity and start observing our roots. If we want our fruit to be nutritious and plentiful we have to stretch our roots. And God’s word is what makes that happen.

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God. Colossians 3:16 (ESV)

I want to bear fruit, but more importantly I want the private relationship between me and my Lord to be first and foremost the most important thing in my life. When that relationship is priority, and I seek to know him more and more each day, everything else in my life that I love and adore will reap the harvest of my root work. I dig deeper, and deeper, I drink, and grow. Marriage problems, Parenting problems, life problems start to fade and his word jumps off the page and into my heart. Let’s commit to abide in God’s word.

He is like a tree planted by water, that sends out its roots by the stream, and does not fear when heat comes, for its leaves remain green, and is not anxious in the year of drought, for it does not cease to bear fruit.” Jeremiah 17:8(ESV)

“That He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power through His Spirit in the inner man, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; and that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth.” Ephesians 3:16-18 (ESV)

"But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself. Therefore, my brothers, whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, stand firm thus in the Lord, my beloved." Philippians 3:20-4:1(ESV)