I have become a huge believer in prayerfully defining one's purpose in all aspects of life, and while I've read Colossians 2:2 a whole bunch of times over the years, I have never once noticed it. Paul starts a sentence with "My purpose is that....". Wow, that's powerful. We get a look straight into the mind and heart of Paul as he writes to these dearly loved people who are battling the influence of false teachers in their midst.
"My purpose is that they may be encouraged in heart and united in love, so that they may have the full riches of complete understanding in order that they may know the mystery of God, namely Christ".
Other highlights from this chapter include the reality that in Christ we are alive with Him, raised with Him and completely forgiven. Also from verse 20-23, Paul's rant against a legalistic heart, basically that an outward willingness to follow rules and adhere to a code that, apart from the internal work of a changed heart, will have no benefit and no sustainability.
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