"I'm Spiritual but not Religious"

What does it actually mean to seek the things above? At first glance, Colossians 3:1-4 can sound like spiritual language disconnected from real life. But when we step back and look at the full sweep of what Paul is building in his letter to the Colossians, something remarkable comes into focus. The passage is not abstract mysticism. It is a bold, practical declaration that Christ alone is the center of everything. Paul opens by establishing who Christ is with stunning theological force: the image of the invisible God, the one through whom all things were created, the head of the church, and the one in whom all the fullness of God dwells. This is not background information. It is the entire foundation. Because if Christ is truly at the center of all creation and the fullness of God lives in him, then anything we place alongside him or in front of him as a means of reaching God is a step in the wrong direction. The spiritual lesson here cuts deep. We are prone to drift, not toward obviously bad things, but toward plausible-sounding alternatives. The false teachings creeping into Colossae were not foolish arguments. They were persuasive ones. And that is exactly what makes them dangerous. The message for us is clarifying and freeing: we already have access to the fullness of God through faith in Christ. Nothing needs to be added.