March through Colossians (the WHY)

* Note: I am doing this primarily for folks at the church where I'm a pastor, but feel free to join in if you'd like.

Many of my ideas come to me while I'm in the shower (what's the deal with that anyway?), and this one is no exception. I'm really excited about this simple idea: I'd like to take the month of March and read through the book of Colossians together. We'll read just a few verses a day, and I'll post something brief each day here on the blog (I'll explain the HOW in another post).

You might ask, Why this idea? And why Colossians? Here are a few reasons:

• As for the idea, I think there are some advantages to having a group of people read through a portion of Scripture at the same time who are in community together (e.g., a cool sense of "we're in this together," the chance to encourage each other in conversation about what we've been learning, allowing the Holy Spirit to work some of these same truths into us at the same time).
• Doing this during the month of March provides some accountability (which none of us are above).
• Doing this during the month of March allows for us to have a clear goal.
• As for doing Colossians, honestly that's just the next book in some New Testament reading I've been doing, and I thought it would be nice to have some fellow readers!

Here's the bottom line reason though. You and I so desperately need to see Jesus Christ for who He actually and objectively is. Not who He is in our subjective and small view of Him, but who He really is. Colossians holds that beautiful picture up for us to see. This book, being the living and active Word of God, can wake us up each day with the good news of who Jesus is, what He has done for us, what He is doing today, and what He will do.

So come revel in the gospel with me during the month of March as we go deep into this book together, and as we let it go deep into us.