We have all had the experience listening to someone who has had an experience with something or someone that as they speak of it we become excited and want to meet that person or experience what they have, just because of what our friend has told us. There are folks who have heard about Jesus for all if not most of their lives and He just doesn’t excite them. And the Bible, well they have one but they would rather watch paint dry than read it. I Colossians 2:2-3 Paul wants them to take another look at Jesus in order to “attain to all the riches” and “full assurance of understanding, to the knowledge of the mystery of God, both of the Father and of Christ.”
Paul’s antidote to “Christian boredom” is revealing afresh the person and work of Christ. Jesus is not just Someone you knew in the past, He is an endless life of discovery, a joy filled quest where every turn and twist leaves you wanting more of Him. Saints, it’s time we get excited about Jesus again and anticipate the next great adventures into the mystery of His unending love.
Sometimes our “boredom” is because we didn’t investigate the further advantages of our Christian life. I get that feeling when I look at the Westernized Evangelical Church, with all our programs and entertainment that some think Jesus needs our help, a good public relations campaign, in order to excite the masses as people are bored of their faith. Friends the treasures that we are looking for are already ours and we don’t realize it. The story is told of the NewsPaper tycoon William Randolph Hurst who was looking through a book of famous art work when one painting caught his eye, “I want this painting” he told his curators. But after an exhaustive search they couldn’t find its location and came back empty handed. Hurst was furious and threatened to fire them if they didn’t return with the painting. Three and a half months later they came to him and told him that they had finally found the painting. Hurst asked, “Where is it?” Their reply was, “Sir we found it in your own warehouse; you already own it!” Saints, the treasures we often seek are already ours in Christ. In Him are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. So go back to your own warehouse of the Word of God and you will find what you’re looking for.