“Let your roots grow down into him and draw up nourishment from him, so that you will grow in faith, strong and vigorous in the truth you were taught. Let your lives overflow with thanksgiving for all he has done.” Col 2:7 (NLT)
Sometimes, we wonder what does it mean to grow deep? The scripture is clear. To grow deep is to grow deep and “down” in Christ and “draw up nourishment from him”. Sometime, we think too much. We wonder and ask, “What do we need to do?”, “What must we do?” etc……but to grow deep is simply to grow deep in Him i.e. getting to know Jesus more. Through the sermons in the church, through our personal time, through our reading of the bible, through our prayers, through our listening to His voice………its simply to rearrange our acitivities so that we can spend time with Him. It is not easy, but it’s going to worth all the efforts.
So what happen when we grow deep in him? Well, we will grow in faith…..”faith comes by the hearing of His words” (Rom 10:17, paraphrase mine) …..and also as a result…”stong and vigorous in the truth”, aka the word of God (“Thy word is truth” Jn 17:17). To grow deep, to know Christ and to be founded in the word ARE ALL LINKED!!! Let’s not separate them as we have, but to see them as one and all the same……