Colossians 2: 6 As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him:
7 Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.
8 Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.
9 For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.
10 And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power:11 In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ:
12 Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.
What a wonderful admonition from Paul. Since we have Christ Jesus, so walk we in Him–trusting and leaning on Him. Walk with that righteousness that He has provided. Through all the years of this walk He has provided a way to be rooted deep into His Word. He has guided us through just enough trials to stand firm in our faith even when the whirlwinds abound. Rejoicing with thanksgiving in His Presence and His Joy. Yet, in the center of these verses where Paul is reminding us that Christ is there as our foundation, as our faith, and as our joy; he sounds forth a warning. Beware, lest any man speak to you such words of philosophy or selfish thoughts which draw you in. Perhaps they have made great promises and have then betrayed you–anger seeps in to destroy your joy. Perhaps they have promised you great success and worldly treasure, you follow while ignoring that little voice inside that says no–leading to despair. Perhaps, they promise you the "prosperity gospel" and you want to believe so you lay aside all the truth you have learned and start to seek worldly riches rather than God’s riches. Or in a moment of loneliness you believe the lies of another and compromise the truth to hold onto that promised friendship. In Christ, we have everything that we need and should never allow the voices of man to draw us away from the truth that we are rooted in. We do live in a world where there is the constant input of information from all sides, TV, Work, Radio, text, email, and internet; yet, we must be reminded that we are complete in Him, He is the omnipotent, omniscient God. We have joined Him and cut away our fleshly desires that we might be raised to new life in Him.
We study His word and we seek Him, we grow in His faith that we might be the light of truth proclaiming Him to the world rather than empty sponges absorbing what the vain philosophies of the world would wish to tell us.