Tuesday, I wrote about letting peace be the umpire in Colossians 3:15 and started to explore what that entails. Submission is one part; an umpire, by definition, has authority to make a call, and the umpire’s authority necessitates my submission to that call.
And that leads me to the second big idea: an umpire only makes a call when there’s potential for dispute. An arbitrator is needed only when conflict or disagreement exists. Notice what Paul says here: “let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts.” He’s been talking about relationships in the preceding verses, so it’s interesting that he doesn’t say “let the peace of Christ rule in your relationships,” though he brings it back to that with the rest of the verse as he says, “to which indeed you were called in one body.” Paul seems to be saying that peace in my heart will enable peace in my relationships.
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