Variety: Colossians 1v10

We meet together….

so that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, as you bear fruit in every good work and as you grow in the knowledge of God.’ Colossians 1:10

We’re part of the church when we’re gathered on Sunday and equally so when we’re scattered on Monday. They’re two sides of the same whole-life-discipleship coin. Our gathered times should equip us for our scattered times, whilst our scattered times should inform our gathered times.

There’s a clear warning in Hebrews 10:25 not to lose the habit of meeting together, and we see a clear assumption and pattern of believers gathering together throughout the New Testament.

In other words, this prayer from Paul, to be read to a gathered church community, is that wherever your feet take you when you scatter, you would live fruitfully for God. And this scattered church context is further emphasised in the description of where we should be fruitful. We should bear fruit in every good work – referring to every action or labour we find ourselves tasked with, paid or unpaid, throughout the week.

We meet to pray for each other and learn lessons, so that wherever our feet carry us we may live a life worthy of the Lord and please him in every way, bearing fruit in every good work.

Ken Benjamin
London Institute of Contemporary Christianity