Colossians 2:6-7
“My counsel for you is simple and straightforward: Just go ahead with what you’ve been given. You received Christ Jesus, the Master; now live him. You’re deeply rooted in him. You’re well constructed upon him. You know your way around the faith. Now do what you’ve been taught. School’s out; quit studying the subject and start living it! And let your living spill over into thanksgiving.”
“ And now, just as you accepted Christ Jesus as your Lord, you must continue to follow him. Let your roots grow down into him, and let your lives be built on him. Then your faith will grow strong in the truth you were taught, and you will overflow with thankfulness.”
School’s out can mean two different things. In childhood it was glorious with promise of a free and lazy summer. During college years it meant finding summer work and then, after the senior year, beginning a career path. What kind of ‘school’s out’ is meant here?
Our spiritual birthright is freedom. We embrace it like summer vacation. When school ends for good we quit studying and start adulting. It is hard. The way forward is Christ and even more of him. Eyes on him and his word find complexities dissolve and clear direction for the next step. Our burdens lifted we choose God’s path. Freedom and sometimes terrifying adventures await.
Lord, prepare me for the next adventure. Make me faithful to you and others. Keep my eyes on you.