Hidden with Christ

One of my favorite long distance views from a West Virginia ridge.
I used Colossians 3:1-11 for Scripture prayer this morning.  St. Paul helps us to see that we are really already living in the "other" world because we have been raised and are "hidden with Christ" in that world.  Our hearts are drawn into the way of living where God is all, where Love permeates everything. That other-worldly way of living colors our behavior in this world.
Greed is out of sync with the New Life that Jesus shares with us.  Why would we let ourselves get bogged down in gobbling up more and more of this world's stuff when we are living a rich life in the "other" world?  Greed, St. Paul says, is "idolatry."  Things take the place of God in our life.
Paul strengthens his point with a new metaphor.  We have been clothed with "the new self."  All human beings are one because they are all united in the life Jesus shares with them.   We are bound together by the Love in whom we live.