From Darkness to Light

Today’s Reading: Colossians 1:1–14

God has rescued us from the dominion of darkness

 and brought us into the kingdom of the Son He loves.

 Colossians 1:13

Paul begins with thanksgiving for the Colossians’ faith in Christ, love for God’s people, and hope stored up in heaven. The gospel had not come to them as mere information, but as living truth. It was “bearing fruit and growing” among them. This is the quiet work of the Holy Spirit, making God’s grace real in the heart and producing faith, hope, love, endurance, and gratitude.

Paul then prays that they may be filled with the knowledge of God’s will through spiritual wisdom and understanding. Christian maturity is not simply knowing more, but walking more faithfully. It means living a life worthy of the Lord, bearing fruit in good works, growing in the knowledge of God, and being strengthened with His power.

Here we see the gracious work of the Trinity. The Father qualifies us to share in the inheritance of His people in the kingdom of light. The Son, whom the Father loves, redeems us and forgives our sins. The Holy Spirit causes the gospel to grow and bear fruit within us. He labors to make us more like Christ. We have not merely been improved; we have been rescued—brought from darkness into light, from bondage into freedom, from guilt into forgiveness.

Prayer:
Heavenly Father, help us to know You in the three glorious expressions of Your being—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—that we may share in Your one and eternal glory. Amen.