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A couple of verses, especially coming on the heels of what we see at the end of Colossians 1, this glorious mystery of Christ in us.

So then, verse 6 says, therefore, in light of all that's been said in Colossians up to this point, as you received Christ Jesus as the Lord of your life, so now walk in Him.

So the language at the end of Colossians 1 is Christ as in you. Now the language is you walk in Him.

It's this doctrine that we see all over the Bible of union with Christ.

Think about all the different times in the New Testament where we read that Jesus is with us.

Think about Matthew 28, 20. I will be with you always to the end of the age.

And then we are with Jesus. Romans talks about how if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with Him.

So He is with us. We are with Him. And then Colossians 1, Christ is in you.

Now here you are in Christ. So this doctrine of our lives,

hardly united with Jesus. And that's what I love about the language at the beginning of verse 7 here in Colossians 2.

We are rooted and built up in Him. You have a root in Christ. We're rooted in Jesus. You have a strong foundation.

This is your identity. This is who you are. You're rooted and built up in Christ by nature, the fact that you are in Jesus.

Jesus is in you. And you are with Jesus. And Jesus is with you. You're being built up in Him.

And so the practical application here, the command in Colossians 2.6 is so walk in Him.

In other words, live in this reality all day long. Let this reality transform everything you do.

Everything you think, everything you desire, everything you say, every decision you make,

every interaction you have, do all of it in Him, Him in you, with Him, Him with you.

And then it's so interesting at the end of verse 7, after talking about being rooted and built up in Christ,

established in the faith just as you were taught. Paul writes, walk in Him, abounding in Thanksgiving.

So make that connection to walk in Christ means to abound in Thanksgiving. And based on that phrase,

I just want to encourage you today to abound in Thanksgiving. Just give Thanksgiving all day long

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