In Colossians 2:6, Paul encourages Jesus followers who have received new life in Christ to “walk with Him.” We will naturally start out just barely able to walk, but as we persevere in following our LORD Jesus, we will eventually learn to run with endurance the race that He has set before us in service of His Kingdom. Along the way, we will encounter distractions – snares set by our great enemy to distract us from abiding in our Christian walk. In the latter part of Colossians 2, Paul warns us about some of these snares – legalism, asceticism, worship of angels, and the “elemental spirits of this world.” Paul encourages us to set such things aside and focus squarely upon the LORD Jesus alone.
