COLOSSIANS 1:13

“For He rescued us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son,” 

Don’t you just love this verse? The imagery Paul uses is so good. You would think he had help writing this. Oh wait, he did! The Holy Spirit guided his thoughts and words as he penned each letter. It is my prayer each morning as I write these devotional blogs that the Holy Spirit guides me. I am not saying my writing is inspired. Far from it. But I only want to write what agrees with His Word and the truth He gives. Amen?

Look at what Paul said here. God, through His Son, Jesus Christ, rescued us from the devil’s grip (domain of darkness) and then transferred us to His kingdom. Wow! The word Paul uses here for “rescued” is rhuomai, which is the same word Jesus used when He gave us the Lord’s prayer and said, “deliver us from evil.” That’s the domain of darkness! Jesus saved us from that! Hallelujah!

APPLICATION

But the Deliverer didn’t stop there. He didn’t just deliver us out of darkness. He also transferred us to His kingdom. The Greek word for “transferred” is methistémi, which means to change a position of something. Jesus literally changed our position, from one of damnation to one of glorification. We were moved from slavery to freedom.

If that is true (and it is), why do we still walk around with a dark cloud over our head? Why do we not walk like we belong in His kingdom? Many believers walk around like they are still in that domain of darkness. They sound like Eeyore from Winnie the Pooh, who was always gloomy and sad. No! We have been set free and now live in His light!

Here we are a few days after Christmas when we should all be looking at the light! That star that pointed the Wise Men to baby Jesus is still pointing the way for us today. Choose to walk in the light of His kingdom and shun the darkness. He made a way for us. Enjoy the light!

Father of lights, shine down on us today and remind us of the light of Christmas every day.