I find the more time I am able to spend with Jesus the more simple it all becomes. I have spent a career in a complex world, constant juggling of responsibilities and working to control situations. A perfect outcome was the only success, all else was a failure. Even in the church and in my relationships with others there has been ongoing concern about getting the right things done and insuring I am “all about” what it is all about. As I have grown closer to Jesus, the simpler I find life. Colossians has been a big part of this revelation, and verse 4 of chapter 3 is a real eye-opener, “When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.” I would like to ask you to look at only a PORTION of this verse. While all of it applies, too often we look at the future when we “will appear with Him in glory,” and we forget this is also a present tense verse, right now CHRIST IS OUR LIFE!This reminds me of a quote by Watchman Nee in his book The Normal Christian Life:God makes it quite clear in His Word that He has only one answer to every human need–His Son, Jesus Christ. In all His dealings with us He works by taking us out of the way and substituting Christ in our place. The Son of God died instead of us for our forgiveness: He lives instead of us for our deliverance. So we can speak of two substitutions—a Substitute on the Cross who secures our forgiveness and a Substitute within who secures our victory. It will help us greatly, and save us from much confusion, if we keep constantly before us this fact, that God will answer all our questions in one way only, namely, by showing us more of His Son.Today we need to remind ourselves that Christ is our life, this very day and this very hour. These first verses of chapter 3 are a beautiful reminder of what He has done for us in the past and continues to do with us and for us in the present and the future. He is at the same time seated with God the Father and we are hidden in Him and He is our life. What an amazing truth to absorb.