The letter of Colossians was written to a people pulled in many directions

by tricksters and gnostics saying the same thing: “You only have half of

what you need. You’re half full.” Truthfully, life and the world can often

press this same message upon us. Is it true? Its the age-old message that

can lead us to fill ourselves with things we need when in reality, Jesus is

the antidote for any sense of emptiness we may have. Jesus makes empty

people full. This is what he’s done from the very beginning. He invites us

to live full in him but it means we need to make him the center. As we do,

he grows us and we become more full of his life, love, and joy.

By Raul Sandoval