‘As it is you do not belong to this world, but I have chosen you out of the world.’ John 15:19
Young Alice sat in the corner of her tent. It was her first time away at summer camp, which her church had kindly arranged for her to attend. She didn’t know much about the Christian life yet, so to ease her loneliness she got her Bible out of her bag and started to read. Presently the tent leader came and asked her what she was reading. After looking at the top of the page, she said hesitantly, ‘Collisions.’
How apt this was, her life would be full of collisions if she lived the life of a Christian. There would be collisions with her fellow students if they were against her following her faith. There could be collisions with her parents if they didn’t understand what Christianity meant. There would be a clash between her former life and her new Christian life. It is a problem we all face once we accept Christ as our Saviour. We will not be part of the world with it’s worldly standards.
Jesus told us that we would face opposition because we will not conform. Our ways will not be the ways of the world. Repeatedly we will need to make decision, but the book of Colossians can encourage us on our journey. In this book we read ‘Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful. Col 4:2