Colossians 1:23b-2:5

Most people aspire to things like greatness, fame, wealth or power.  Or perhaps they desire above all to live a life of comfort and ease, being served by others.  But in his letter to the believers in Colossae, the Apostle Paul revealed some of his strange aspirations.

• Paul aspired to serve the cause of the gospel.  (1:23a, 25)
• Paul aspired to suffer for his brothers and sisters in Christ.  (1:24)
• Paul aspired to struggle for the spiritual maturity of even those he had never met.  (1:29-2:1)
• Paul aspired to depend fully on God’s strength.  (1:29)