What Would Be Different?

Stumbling across this passage the other day I was reminded of the life we are to lead as Christians.

- Colossians 3:12-17 -
¹²Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, ¹³bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. ¹⁴And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. ¹⁵And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful. ¹⁶Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God. ¹⁷And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

Earlier on in chapter three Paul says: "If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God." -Col 3:1-3

As I read this passage I couldn't help but think that if each one of us as believers imitate Christ, model our life after His, and essentially do all that we are commanded to do in this passage, how much different would the world be?  How much different would we as the Church, the body of Christ be? How much different would our relationships with those closest to us be?  How much different would we be as God's Chosen Ones?

Love in Christ,
J